A merry, ingenious, and diverting work entitled Liber compotorum felicium
Subtitle: or, The true drunkard's delight, being an attempt, in a collection of brave and witty things from English verse and prose, to set forth, in gratitude for Baccus' bounty, the whole art and philosophy of drinking, to which are added a garland of convivial songs such as may, in praise of proper liquor, be sung by the roaring boys of Elysium and echoed by all choice spirits here below, some account of drinking customs with a selection of toasts, a gallery of notable drunkards, a dictionary of drinking slang, a digest of drunkards' law, and a collection of tried and approved recipes, together with an examination of teetotalism and its miserable songs, an account of some lively deaths and a selection of drunkards' epitaphs, etc., etc.
By: all carefully collected together & in part written by William Juniper. Trinc!
Publisher: Unicorn Press Ltd.
Published: 1933
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: Alcoholism.; Drinking customs.; Drinking songs.; Liquors.; English wit and humor.
Other titles: The true drunkard's delight.