Title: A Briefe and Accurate Treatise of Tobacco. In which, the immoderate, irregular, & unseasonable use thereof is reprehended, and the true nature and best manner of using it, perspicuously demonstrated
Author: Venner, To[bias]
Description: Title-page printed in red & black, with vignette illustration in color; shoulder headings in red. 12¼x9¼, ¼ morocco & decorative boards, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. 1 of 200 copies printed by James & Cecil Johnson at the Windsor Press.First printed in 1637, 52 years after smoking was first introduced in England by Sir Francis Drake.
Heading: (Book Club of California)Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: Book Club of California
Date Published: 1931
Author: Venner, To[bias]
Description: Title-page printed in red & black, with vignette illustration in color; shoulder headings in red. 12¼x9¼, ¼ morocco & decorative boards, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. 1 of 200 copies printed by James & Cecil Johnson at the Windsor Press.First printed in 1637, 52 years after smoking was first introduced in England by Sir Francis Drake.
Heading: (Book Club of California)Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: Book Club of California
Date Published: 1931
Condition report
Light wear to slipcase and volume spine; near fine or better.
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Collection of Fine California Press Books
1:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2008
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