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Jennings (James)

A Practical Treatise on the History, Medical Properties, and Cultivation of Tobacco.

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830.,

206.26 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Jennings (James)
Publishers
London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830.
Keyword
MEDICINE TOBACCO

Description

First edition, 8vo (180 x 110 mm), vi, [2], 159 + 13pp., of publisherís adverts,2 folding lithographed plates showing the Havanna, Virginian, Missouri and Langsdorff Tobacco plants, some light foxing, orig. cloth backed boards, printed paper label to spine. James Jennings (1772-1833) was the son of a substantial grocer of Huntspill in Somerset; he was apprenticed to a chemist in Bristol, where he was an early acquaintance of Robert Southey. He carried on the family business before migrating to London in 1817, where he edited journals and was secretary to the Metropolitan Literary Institution.
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