Tobacco talk and smokers' gossip : an amusing miscellany of fact and anecdote relating to the "great plant" in all its forms and uses, including a selection from nicotian literature.

Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Tobacco talk and smokers' gossip : an amusing miscellany of fact and anecdote relating to the "great plant" in all its forms and uses, including a selection from nicotian literature. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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