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Lot 250
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
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Live / Philadelphia
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$384
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[Natural History] Paulli, Simon. Commentarius de Abusu Tabaci Americanorum Veteri, et Herbae thee Asiaticorum in Europa Novo...
Strassburg: For the son of Simon Paulli, 1665. First edition. 4to. Illustrated with two folding plates; lacking frontispiece portrait. Contemporary vellum; all edges gilt, toning, rubbing; intermittent spotting throughout; pages slightly browned. Biblioteca Nicotiana 71; Krivatsy 8676; Sabin 59223; Vicaire 667
One of the pioneering works on the use of tobacco, tea, coffee, and chocolate, and one of the first to warn against tobacco abuse. In 1746 the work was translated into English for the first time by "Dr. James" as A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate.
This lot is located in Chicago.