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BASSO (Maria Paula). FARMÁCIA Portuguesa. Lisboa. 2000. - BASSO (Maria Paula) FARMÁCIA Portuguesa . Coord. Maria Paula Basso, João Neto. Lisboa: Associação Nacional das Farmácias, 2000. 192 pp.: il.; 295 mm. First volume of the collection ”Pharmacy Museum - 5000 Years of History”, profusely illustrated with photographs by Emanuel Santos d'Almeida. The Pharmacy Museum, inaugurated in June 1996 in the facilities of the National Association of Pharmacies in Lisbon, was awarded the prize for Best Portuguese Museum between 1996 and 1998 and is considered one of the most important national museological events of the last decades of the 20th century. This volume addresses the scientific and patrimonial legacy of Portuguese pharmacy, documenting the museum's collection through thematic chapters dedicated to pharmaceutical ceramics, mortars, instruments and equipment, weights and measures, and pharmaceutical advertising. The museum's collection brings together pieces of diverse origins and eras, from Antiquity to the 20th century, including Portuguese faience resulting from the Discoveries and reconstructions of pharmacies from different historical periods. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate