A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and use of Inebriating Liquors;

Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, and William Carson, 1838.
Second Edition.

22.5cm x 14cm. xii, 745 pages, frontispiece. Rebacked half leather, marbled papered boards.

with the Present Practice of Distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the Consumption and Effects of Opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits. The greatly expanded second edition, including sections on distillation in the colony of New South Wales, and the use of opium and other drugs around the world.

Ex-The Irish Central Library for Students, Dublin, multiple stamps. Crudely rebacked with the earlier boards worn. Final two leaves stained. Good Condition.

AU$650.00

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