Drunkenness.- Scrivener (Matthew) A Treatise Against Drunkennesse: Described in its Nature, Kindes, Effects and Causes, Especially that of Drinking of Healths, first edition, errata leaf at end, title soiled, tear to errata repaired, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, near contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old red roan label, [Wellcome V p.75; Wing S2119], 8vo, Charles Brown, Bookseller in Cambridge, 1685.

⁂ Scarce. A fierce attack on the moral and social side of drunkenness, with an analysis of causes and consequences, by a Church of England clergyman of Cambridgeshire. "...It is as odious for a woman to be drunk once a year, as for a man once a week; and for a youth once a quarter, as for a man once a day. But how monstrous is their condition...".