Author: ARENTS (George) Jnr.
Title: Tobacco: its History illustrated by the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings in the Library of George Arents Jnr. With an introductory Essay, a Glossary and Bibliographic Notes by Jerome E. Brooks.
Description: (Reprint of the 1937-52 Edition) 1999. 5 vols., 4to, illustrs., orig. cloth. The collection ranges across voyages and travels, scientific and medical books as well as works of literature as Arents spared no effort or expense to obtain any work which related in any way to tobacco, however large or small the reference might have been. Chronologically arranged, the collection of over 4,000 items is described over some 2,500 pages and in the greatest detail. Each item is described with full and exhaustive collations plus extensive annotations, cross-references and provenances.

Keywords: TOBACCO