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Lot 1172

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Natuur-kundige verhandeling van de thee, koffee, tabak en snuf-poeders, waar in [...] de waare werking van deze kruiden onzydig worden voorgesteld [...].

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Amsterdam, J. ten Hoorn, 1701

8vo: [16]-270 pp. (final blank missing; toned, somewhat short at top, tear in D4 of 2nd work).

Contemp. half sheep (rubbed, sl. worn, head and tail def.). Good copy.

Very rare, partly satirical, treatise on the use and abuse of tea, coffee, tobacco and snuff in contemp. Amsterdam. With special attention to the medical and aphrodisiacal aspects of these popular new luxury products. Nice engr. front. with degustation scenes.
Ref. STCN. - Brooke (Arents Collection) 449 (missing front.). - Not in Bragge (Bibliotheca Nicotiana).
Prov. J. Baart de la Faille (1795-1867), Groningen professor of medecine (ticket; collection sold Amsterdam 1868).
Bound with, same imprint: Van Overbeke, Aernout - Rymwercken [...]. 1699. 8vo: [14]-272-47 pp. 7th ed. Collected poems of A. van Overbeke (1632-1674), 1st publ. 1678. At the end "Geestige en vermaekelijke reys-beschrijving [...] naar Oost-Indien [...] in den jare 1668" (32) pp. Ref. STCN.

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Natuur-kundige verhandeling van de thee, koffee, tabak en snuf-poeders, waar in [...] de waare werking van deze kruiden onzydig worden voorgesteld [...].

Lot 1172

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