1839 1st ed Paper of TOBACCO Chatto Smoking ART Pipes Snuff Illustrated Opium

1839 1^st ed Paper of TOBACCO Chatto Smoking ART Pipes Snuff Illustrated Opium

 

William Chatto’s ‘A Paper – of Tobacco’ is a rare, 19^th-century treatise on the history of smoking, tobacco, snuff, and pipes. While the contents of this book are considered highly desirable, the comical illustrations throughout make this book one of the most valuable books on tobacco from the 19^th-century. The illustrations depict scenes of smoking dens, styles of pipes, and even a view of Scotsmen taking snuff.

 

Item number: #18333

Price: $599

 

CHATTO, William Andrew [pseud. Joseph Fume]

 

A paper — of tobacco : treating of the rise, progress, and advantages of smoking : with anedcotes of distinguished smokers, mems. on pipes and tobacco-boxes, and a critical essay on snuff

 

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], iv, 165, [5]
  • 6 full-page and 7 in-text illustrations throughout
• References: Sabin 58443
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)

 

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