The Natural history of coffee, thee, chocolate, tobacco : in four several sections ; with a tract of elder and juniper berries .. collected from the writings of the best physicians and modern travellers / John Chamberlayne..
Publication Info.
London : Printed for Christopher Wilkinson at the Black Boy over against St. Dunstan's church in Fleetstreet, 1682.
This is a fascinating, very early account of the history and use of chocolate. It includes the advice that the best chocolate is purchased directly from seamen and merchants arriving from the West Indies.