220 - Neander, Johannes. *Tabacologia*. Leiden, Elzeviri, 1626., *The First Illustrated History of Tobacco*

Neander, Johannes. *Tabacologia*. Leiden, Elzeviri, 1626., *The First Illustrated History of Tobacco* The First Illustrated History of Tobacco Neander, Johannes. *Tabacologia*. Leiden, Elzeviri, 1626. Quarto (207 x 155 mm); [44], 256 pages. Title page and portrait of the author engraved on copper; woodcut header; 9 full-page copper engravings, the first three by the author, the next three by Moses van Uytenbroeck, and the last three by Michel Le Blon (antique reinforcements and restorations to the first leaves with slight loss of the engraved portion.) Contemporary binding in full stiff parchment, smooth spine with title in gold, blue sprinkled edges. Neander examines the production, preparation, and use of tobacco, describing its medical applications and warning against excesses, which are harmful to both body and mind. The rich illustrations depict the plant, Native American and Persian pipes, and, above all, the earliest known printed images of indigenous peoples engaged in the harvesting and processing of tobacco, lending the work particular historical and ethnographic significance.