TRYON, Thomas. A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and Other Sorts of

TRYON, Thomas. A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and Other Sorts of Liquors; So as to render them more Healthful to the Body, and Agreeable to Nature. London: for Thos. Salusbury, at the Sign of the Temple near Temple-Bar in Fleet Street, 1691. Third edition, 12mo (138 x 74mm.) Title, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements, 2pp. ‘Contents’ leaf. (Title stained, spotting, last four leaves with marginal tear, blanks replaced.) Early 19th century half calf (extremities rubbed, lacking lettering piece, endpapers replaced). Note: Tryon was a hat merchant and writer who argued that boiled water should be used for the brewing of beer to make it cleaner and healthier and ‘agreeable to nature’. He was also vegetarian. His ideas were influenced by Hindu belief and he was one of the first to argue for the rights of animals. Provenance: William Fuller Maitland, M.P. (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

Estimate:£400

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