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ANON. Distilled Spirituous Liquors the Bane of the Nation; being some Considerations humbly offer'd to the Legislature, by which it will appear, (I.That the Landed Interest suffers near a Million a Year by the Distilling, Compounding & Vending of
Spirits;[Cont] London, printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1736, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo, xvi, 60, xxii. [i.e.xx]. Very Good/No Jacket.¶ [Cont.] with some remarks relating to the Revenue; & the Frauds of the British Distillery Expos'd & Detected. (II. A Physical Account (drawn from Experiments & the Opinions of the most Eminent Physicians) of the Nature of all Distill'd Spirituous Liquors, & the Malignant Effects they have upon Human Bodies." The Second Edition, Improv'd & Enlarg'd; with a New Introduction, to which is added an Appendix, containing the late Presentments of the Grand-Juries of London, Middlesex, & the Tower-Hamlett: together with the Report made by his Majesty's Justices of the Peace at Hick's Hall, Jan. 1735-1736. The introduction to the second edition emphasizes the economic cost of alcoholism, thus: "..I shall only observe, That in the Part relating to the Landed Interest, I have had the assistance of a worthy gentleman, who has had the care of a large estate for some years past; & have also consulted some Eminent Farmers in different parts of the Kingdom; & I can see no reason to alter either my Calculations or observations from them. Whoever thinks them too high, may lessen the first number of Gin-Drinkers one half, if he pleases, & there will still remain a loss to the landed interest in the demand for the consumption of all the other produce of the Kingdom, enough to over-balance any pretended gain, by the distillers taking off vast quantities either of bad or good corn." London: printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1736. Numbers xvii-xviii omitted in final page sequence in all copies. ~Wellcome, 181588, Kress 4316 " An early temperance protest followed by the first important temperance legislation (Foxwell)." Hanson 4980n, Goldsmiths' 7444. ESTC N2935, 14 copies world wide including private collections. This second issue, with many substantial changes is much scarcer than the first, which is also now quite scarce. Modern ¼ calf, marbled boards, Very Good..
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