The touchstone, or, Trial of tobacco [[electronic resource] ] : whether it be good for all constitutions : with a word of advice against immoderate drinking and smoaking : likewise examples of some that have drunk their lives away, and died suddenly : with King Jame's [sic] opinion of tobacco, and how it came first into England : also the first original of coffee : to which is added, witty poems about tobacco and coffe [sic] : something about tobacco, written by George Withers, the late famous poet .

• Pubblicazione: London, : Printed and are to be sold by the several booksellers, 1676
• Descrizione fisica: [6], 72 p. : ill
• Soggetto topico: Tobacco habit - Great Britain; Tobacco - Physiological effect; Tobacco; Smoking in art; Coffee habit - Great Britain; Coffee; Alcoholism - Great Britain
• Altri autori: HancockJohn <fl. 1638-1675.> HancockJohn <fl. 1669-1705.> James, King of England, <1566-1625.> MaynwaringeEverard <1628-1699?> ThomsonGeorge <fl. 1648-1679.> WardSamuel <1577-1640.> SylvesterJosuah <1563-1618.> EverardGiles WitherGeorge <1588-1667.>
• Note generali: Dedication signed: J.H. (i.e. John Hancock).; Previously published under title: Two broad-sides against tobacco (London : Printed for John Hancock, 1672).; Signatures: [A]⁴ B-K⁴.; Illustrations: 1 print : woodcut ; full-page. Subject: "The picture represents the tobacchonists [sic] armes, and Turks coffee-house."; Woodcut and type flower headpieces; ornamental and criblé initials.; Reproduction of original in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
• Nota di contenuto: A counterblast to tobacco (p. 1-12) -- Dr. Maynwaring's serious cautions against tobacco, collected out of his Treatise of the scurvy, (p. 70) -- Preservation of health in the choice of drinks, and regular drinking / transcribed verbatim out of Doctor Maynwaring's Treatise of long life -- Another collection against tobacco-smoking / written by ... George Thompson, in his book Of preservation of the bloud -- Woe to drunkards : a sermon / preached many years since by Mr. Samuel Ward --Tobacco battered and the pipes shattered ... / collected out of the famous poems of Joshua Sylvester, Gent. -- A broad-side against coffee, or, The marriage of the Turk -- Collection ... taken out of that book of Dr. Everard's, entituled, The vertue of tobacco -- A postscript, by way of apology.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0189
• Titolo autorizzato: The touchstone, or, Trial of tobacco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996387160803316
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