The touchstone, or, Trial of tobacco [electronic resource] : whether it be good for all constitution...
The touchstone, or, Trial of tobacco [electronic resource] : whether it be good for all constitutions : with a word of advice against immoderate drinking and smoaking : likewise examples of some that have drunk their lives away, and died suddenly : with King Jame's [sic] opinion of tobacco, and how it came first into England : also the first original of coffee : to which is added, witty poems about tobacco and coffe [sic] : something about tobacco, written by George Withers, the late famous poet ...
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Publisher
London : Printed and are to be sold by the several booksellers, 1676.
Uniform title
Date
1676.
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English
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Physical content
[6], 72 p. : ill.
Contents
A counterblast to tobacco (p. 1-12) -- Dr. Maynwaring's serious cautions against tobacco, collected out of his Treatise of the scurvy, (p. 70) -- Preservation of health in the choice of drinks, and regular drinking / transcribed verbatim out of Doctor Maynwaring's Treatise of long life -- Another...
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Publisher
London : Printed and are to be sold by the several booksellers, 1676.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1676.
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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Full title
The touchstone, or, Trial of tobacco [electronic resource] : whether it be good for all constitutions : with a word of advice against immoderate drinking and smoaking : likewise examples of some that have drunk their lives away, and died suddenly : with King Jame's [sic] opinion of tobacco, and how it came first into England : also the first origin...
Variant title
Broadside against coffee. 1676.
Other title
Trial of tobacco.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Hancock, John, active 1669-1705.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625. Counterblaste to tobacco. 1676.
Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?
Thomson, George, active 1648-1679. Aimatiasis. Selections. 1676.
Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640. Woe to drunkards. 1676.
Sylvester, Josuah, 1563-1618. Tobacco battered, and the pipes shattered. 1676.
Everard, Giles. De herba panacea. English. Selections. 1676.
Wither, George, 1588-1667.
Early English Books Online.
Notes
General note
Dedication signed: J.H. (i.e. John Hancock).
Previously published under title: Two broad-sides against tobacco (London : Printed for John Hancock, 1672).
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-K⁴.
Illustrations: 1 print : woodcut ; full-page. Subject: "The picture represents the tobacchonists [sic] armes, and Turks coffee-house."
Reproduction of original in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles....
Citation / References Note
Wing (2nd ed.) J144A.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2230:6)
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Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
74VvPXWWzeyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPXWWzeyM
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991005599439702626
