Tea and the Tea-Table in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 2

Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, Ben Dew, Matthew Mauger

• Volume 2 Tea in Natural History and Medical Writing Introduction Thomas Garway, An Exact Description of the Growth, Quality and Vertues of the Leaf Tea ([c. 1670]) Samuel Price, The Virtues of Coffee, Chocolette, and Thee or Tea ([c. 1690]) John Ovington, An Essay upon the Nature and Qualities of Tea (1699) Daniel Duncan, Wholesome Advice against the Abuse of Hot Liquors (1706) James Cuninghame, ‘Part of Two Letters to the Publisher from Mr. James Cunningham, F. R. S. and Physician to the English at Chusan in China’ (1707) The Volatile Spirit of Bohee-Tea ([c. 1713]) Of the Use of Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Drams (1722) A Treatise on the Inherent Qualities of the Tea-Herb (1750) John Coakley Lettsom, The Natural History of the Tea-Tree (1772) Count Belchilgen and J. A. Cope, An Essay on the Virtues and Properties of the Ginseng Tea (1786) H. Smith, ‘An Essay on Foreign Teas’ ([1795]) Jean-Baptiste Breton, ‘Monkeys Gathering Tea’ (1812) The History of the Tea Plant ([1819]) Editorial Notes