Distilled spirituous liquors the bane of the nation: being some considerations humbly offer'd to the Hon. the House of Commons. : By which it will appear, I. That the landed interest suffers greatly by the distilling of spirituous liquors. II. From a physical account of the nature of all spirituous distilled liquors, and the malignant effects they have upon human bodies. III. From the several disorders and immoralities occasioned by this sort of excess, -that all ranks and orders of men are concerned in using their utmost endeavours to put an immediate stop to it. To which is added, an appendix, containing the late presentments of the grand-juries of London, Middlesex, and the Tower-Hamlets: together with the report made by His Majesty's Justices of the peace at Hick's Hall, Jan. 1735-6.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism--Great Britain.

Alcoholism.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,viii,61 pages, 1 unnumbered page,24 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Anonymous. By Thomas Wilson.

Also attributed to Stephen Hales (DNB).

The appendix has separate titlepage, pagination and register.

In this issue, the imprint date is in Roman numerals, below the line with J. Roberts; no price on titlepage.

A variant has the imprint date in arabic numerals and there is a price on the titlepage.

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of all the pamphlets .. on the British distillery', [London], 1736.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T26126.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.