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1895 A Counterblaste to Tobacco, etc James VI of Scotland & I England : Smoking

1895 A Counterblaste to Tobacco, etc James VI of Scotland & I England : Smoking

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James the VI. of Scotland and I. England

The Essayes of a Prentise, In the Divine art of Poesie, Edinburgh 1585
A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London 1604

Edited by Edward Arber

Published by Constable and Co, Westminster, 1895. Hardback, green cloth with gilt titles, 120 pages plus 30 pages of publishers adverts.

A Counterblaste to Tobacco is a treatise written by King James VI of Scotland and I of England in 1604, in which he expresses his distaste for tobacco, particularly tobacco smoking. As such, it is one of the earliest anti-tobacco publications.

In good condition. Cloth binding good with light signs of age. All contents present and pages good throughout
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