Limoges? 1778.
One of several editions of a long list of testimonials, letters, certificats, and even hearsay attesting to the virtues of the so-called poudre d'Irroé, a purgative and laxative preparation invented by Monier, Baron de Taillades, an Avignon physician, with the assistance of Charles Irroé, a Catholic priest with.....
Paris: Jean-Augustin Grangé, 1775.
The present single-sheet advertisement promotes a chocolate bonbon supposedly laced with antivenereal drugs, an invention of the largely forgotten Paris apothecary Mr. Martin. The advertisement (and, by extension, the product), was approved by the somewhat less obscure Henri-Michel Missa, royal censor and doctor of the Faculty.....
Venice: Francesco Rampazetto? 1526-1576.
A fascinating edict borne of a crime wave targeting the wine industry in the Veneto region of Italy in the 1520s. At the time, the law prohibited wine producers of the region from transporting their wine from their vineyards into Venice without an official stamp, or.....