LEUCHS, Johann Carl.

Vollständige Tabak-Kunde, oder wissenschaftlich-praktische Anleitung zur Bereitung des Rauch- und Schnupftabaks und der Cigarren. Nach neuen Verbesserungen.

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Several woodcuts in the text. vi, 248 pp. 8vo, cont. marbled boards, spine gilt, contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Nuremberg: C. Leuchs, 1830. First edition of a very scarce book. Leuchs (b. 1797), a native of Nuremberg, was the author of more than ninety works on technology, economics, trade, and government. In the present work Leuchs provides a history of tobacco and its introduction throughout Europe. A botanical account is given, describing the various species and there is much on the cultivation of tobacco. Leuchs also describes methods of curing, fermentation, and manufacture and he reports on the trade of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cigars, and snuff. In one interesting section he gives prices of various grades of tobacco in numerous cities in Europe. Fine copy. Lacks a leaf of ads at end. Bookplate of Rainer Immensack. ❧ Arents 1351. Poggendorff, I, 1437.

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