Simonis Paulli ... Commentarius de abusu tabaci Americanorum veteri, et herbae thee Asiaticorum in Europa novo quae ipsissima est chamaeleagnos Dodonaei, aliàs myrtus brabantica ...; cum figuris aeneis, utensilia quaedam Chinensium eaq pretiosissima repraesentantibus

Book Description

Argentorati [i.e., Strassburg]: sumptibus authoris filij S. Paulli,, 1665. First edition. Reference: Biblioteca nicotiana 71; Sabin 59223. Quarto (22 cm); [11] 61 leaves, including engraved portrait; two additional folding engraved plates of tea utensils. Text in Latin and German. Bound in contemporary full vellum over boards. Pages somewhat browned, with foxing especially on first and last leaves. One of the pioneering works on the medicinal properties of tobacco, tea and salvia, and one of the first to warn against dangers of tobacco abuse. It was translated into English in 1746 as "A treatise on tobacco, tea, coffee and chocolate.

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