A Dissertation on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco. Wherein The Advantages and Disadvantages attending the Consumption of that Entertaining Weed are particularly considered

(Tobacco) Clarke, Adam (1760-1832)

Published by Printed for the Author, London, 1814

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Fourth edition, with "many additions and improvements" 44 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First published in 1797, this was a popular anti-tobacco tract which was also reprinted in editions of 1798, 1805, as well as this last lifetime London edition (a New York edition appeared in 1829). "Fairholt notices that DISSERTATION 'was one of the bitterest attacks on the habit, and becme the textbook of the oppositionists'" (Brooks, Arents Catalogue). Arents, Vol. IV 1126-c Bound in marbled later wrappers. Very good Fourth edition, with "many additions and improvements". Seller Inventory # 236681

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Title: A Dissertation on the Use and Abuse of ...

Publisher: Printed for the Author, London

Publication Date: 1814

Binding: 44 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo