Rare copy - inscribed by the author
Gaffard, A.
Du tabac, son histoire, ses propriétés. Son usage nuisible à la santé, à la morale et aux grands intérêts sociaux. 2e Édition.
Published
1872
Item ID
21110
€175.00
Paris & Limoges, Chapoulaud Frères, 1872. 12mo (16.8 x 11.1 cm). 184 pp.; two engraved plates. Original pictorial wrappers.
A rare dedication copy, signed by Auguste Gaffard to Paul Devès (probably the Paris senator), of one the few early works with warnings against the use of tobacco. Untrimmed. Spine a bit cocked, and with some small loss and repair, otherwise good, internally clean.