The Indian nectar, or, A discourse concerning chocolata : wherein the nature of cacao-nut, and the other ingredients of that composition, is examined, and stated according to the judgment and experience of the Indians, and Spanish writers, who lived in the Indies, and others; with sundry additional observations made in England: the ways of compounding and preparing chocolata are enquired into; its effects, as to its alimental and venereal quality, as well as medicinal (especially in hypochondriacal melancholy) are fully debated. Together with a spagyrical analysis of the cacao-nut, performed by that excellent chymist, Monsieur le Febure, chymist to His Majesty. / By Henry Stubbe formerly of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. physician for His Majesty, and the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Windsor in the island of Jamaica in the West-Indies.
1662
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The Indian nectar, or, A discourse concerning chocolata : wherein the nature of cacao-nut, and the other ingredients of that composition, is examined, and stated according to the judgment and experience of the Indians, and Spanish writers, who lived in the Indies, and others; with sundry additional observations made in England: the ways of compounding and preparing chocolata are enquired into; its effects, as to its alimental and venereal quality, as well as medicinal (especially in hypochondriacal melancholy) are fully debated. Together with a spagyrical analysis of the cacao-nut, performed by that excellent chymist, Monsieur le Febure, chymist to His Majesty. / By Henry Stubbe formerly of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. physician for His Majesty, and the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Windsor in the island of Jamaica in the West-Indies.
Created/published
London : Printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Andrew Crook at the sign of the Green Dragon in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1662.
Description
[16], 184 p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Willoughby family, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Willoughby family, former owner.
Note
Printer's name from Wing CD.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1984. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1537:23).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990-1991. Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog p. 51)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. Consuming Splendor.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees (catalog p. 52)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. Consuming Splendor.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees (catalog p. 52)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S6049
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32737
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32737
Genre/form
Annotations.
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Prices (Provenance)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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S6049
Folger-specific note
226054. Bound in mottled sheep. Manuscript markings and drawings. Contemporary manuscript price (?) on t.p. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "T. Willughby" (possibly Willoughby family library - Harmsworth copy, according to Folger card catalogue); collated at Quaritch, June 25, 1925; pencilled note on back fly-leaf: "Christie's Sale 15-18 June 1925 / Wollaton Hall Library"; Folger gift of Mrs. John Moors Cabot. Book dealer's description loosely inserted (removed to curatorial file).