To John Dudman, family grocer & provision merchant, oil and Italian warehouseman, wine, spirit, and beer merchant : 56 Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, N.W. : 5 Belsize Park Terrace.

Dr. to John Dudman, Hampstead Borough Stores, 56 Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, N.W. : and at Belsize Park : telephone Hampstead 905.

xii, 745 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; 22 cm

A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors : 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 / By Samuel Morewood.

xii, 71, 37 pages, [10 leaves of plates] : illustrations ; 24 cm

Strong drink and tobacco smoke : the structure, growth, and uses of malt, hops, yeast, and tobacco / by Henry P. Prescott.

Alcohol industry ephemera. Box 9.

1 volume<br/><pages>290 leaves 4to. 22 x : ; 16 cm Paper. The last section is on vellum. 18th century half calf binding.<pages>No. 1 On the first leaf is an ornamental initial S, in blue and red with floreated border decoration in red and blue, and red and green: in the lower margin an emblazoned coat of arms [Aldobrandino di Lippo of Florence ?]. Other initials, headings and paragraph marks in red. (59 leaves)</pages><pages>Nos 19 and 20 are illustrated with rough pen-drawings of apparatus, diagrams, etc. No. 14 has a circular pen-drawn zodiacal figure in black and red on foleave 3. 27 has a geomantic figure inred on foleave 36, and zodiacal-geomantic tables in red and black on foleave 37v and foleave 38.</pages>

Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I).

1 volume<br/><pages>The binding of this manuscript is very tight and the volume cannot be opened more than 90 degrees.<pages>10 leaves + 283 pages, [282] pages 8vo. 23 x 14 1/ ; 2 cm </pages><pages>On vellum, with 6 paper fly-leaves [16 century] of which four are blank. Modern vellum binding. </pages><pages>Some leaves appear to be missing between pages 86 and pages 87, between pages 90 and pages 91, and between pages 247 and pages 248. The pagination omits pages 201, jumping from pages 200 to pages 202.</pages><pages>The margins of the first fly-leaves have been repaired, and the figure on pages 65 is slightly rubbed. </pages><pages>pages 254-269 are on vellum of smaller format (18 1/2 x 12 cm), and this section and from pages 270 to the end appear to have been inserted, probably later. </pages><pages>There is an early 17th century foliation of 8 (pages 210) to 33 (pages 272). A new pagination has been added perhaps by a later 17th century owner, in which pages 201 has been dropped. </pages><pages>pages 63/64 is wrongly bound and should follow pages 72, and pages 73/74 should follow page 62.</pages>

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

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Strong drink and tobacco smoke : the structure, growth, and uses of malt, hops, yeast, and tobacco / by Henry P. Prescott.

Alcohol industry ephemera. Box 9.

Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I).

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

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Strong drink and tobacco smoke : the structure, growth, and uses of malt, hops, yeast, and tobacco / by Henry P. Prescott.

Alcohol industry ephemera. Box 9.

Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I).

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

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