Antique catalog from Finlay & Brunswig, New Orleans Druggists. Circa 1882-1885, though I do not see a date in the book itself. In as-found condition with significant wear as shown in the photos.

Lucien Napoleon Brunswig was born in France in 1854. He came to the U.S. in 1871. He found work as an apprentice to a U.S druggist. In 1875 Brunswig opened his own drug store in Atchison, Kansas. After a year of business he sold his drug store and moved to Fort Worth, Texas and established a prosperous business selling both retail and wholesale pharmaceuticals. In 1882, George Finlay, the owner of a well-established wholesale drug firm in New Orleans invited Brunswig to join him as a partner. Brunswig sold his Fort Worth business and joined Finlay in the firm of Finlay and Brunswig. In 1885 Finlay died and Lucien Brunswig took over the entire wholesale drug firm which then became L. N. Brunswig and Company. So this book was produced by Finlay & Brunswig in the period 1882 to 1885. Brunswig moved on to Los Angeles and established the Brunswig Drug Company there. He is buried in the Metarie Cemetery in New Orleans, in the Brunswig Mausoleum with its Egyptian Pyramid design.

Location:2744