Author: MELLER (Henry James)
Title: Nicotiana; or the Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion; containing the history of tobacco; culture - medical qualities and the laws relative to its importation and manufacture: with an essay in its defence. The whole elegantly embellished and interspersed with original poetry and anecdotes, being intended as an amusing and instructive volume for all genuine lovers of the herb.
Description: London: Effingham Wilson, 1832. First edition, 12mo, xvi, 128pp., engraved frontispiece of "Interior of the [smoking] Divan", original brown paper boards, lithographed with tobacco motifs bordering portraits of Raleigh smoking on front cover and Byron smoking on back cover, top third of spine missing, upper joint split. Provenance: Presentation inscription "E. C. Rogers from J. Walker."

Keywords: SOCIAL STUDIES TOBACCO SMOKING