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
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Author
Contributions
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 - Contributor
- Plymouth, Thomas Windsor Windsor, Earl of, 1627?-1687 - Contributor
- Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669 - Contributor
- Robles Cornejo, Antonio de - Contributor
Publication
printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Andrew Crook at the sign of the Green Dragon in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
46,000 words, Guess
Page Count
184 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveindiannectarordi00stub
- OCLC Control Number308493575
- Open LibraryOL32376883M
Alternate Titles
- Indian nectar.
- Discourse concerning chocolata.
- Discourse concerning chocolate.
Subjects
Other Editions
- The Indian nectar, or A discourse concerning chocolata
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