Coffee, tea & chocolate.- Pauli (Simon) A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, translated by Dr. Robert James, first edition in English, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates (bound at start), 1p. advertisements at end, 6pp. 18th century ms. notes on tea bound at end, 18th century ink notes to half-title and marginalia, short marginal split at foot of half-title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century drab boards, spine ends worn, rubbed, [Cagle 918; Maclean p.111-112; Mueller p.165; Vicaire 667 (note)], 8vo, Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn; J. Hildyard, at York; M. Bryson, at New-castle; and J. Leake, at Bath, 1746.
⁂ Rare at auction. The translator Dr. James was a friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson and physician to King George III.
Provenance: Bibliothek des Tabakmuseums (bookplate).
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