Main entry:

Ellis, Aytoun.

Title & Author:

The penny universities : a history of the coffee-houses / Aytoun Ellis.

Publication:

London : Secker & Warburg, 1956.

Description:

290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Ch. 1. Travellers' tales -- Ch. 2. Coffee and medicine -- Ch. 3. The first coffee-house in Christendom -- Ch. 4. London's first coffee-houses -- Ch. 5. The "character" of a coffee-house -- Ch. 6. The coffee-houses of the "Wits" -- Ch. 7. The "Beaux" and the "Virtuosi" -- Ch. 8. The triumph of the coffee-men -- Ch. 9. Coffee-houses in the city -- Ch. 10. The "Quacks" and the coffee-houses -- Ch. 11. A coffee-house museum -- Ch. 12. "Button's" and the "Bedford" -- Ch. 13. Coffee-houses at the universities -- Ch. 14. Coffee-houses in the country -- Ch. 15. The decline of the coffee-houses -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.

Summary:

Traces the development of coffee-houses and their gradual evolution into the typical English institution, the club.

Subject:

Coffeehouses.
Coffee drinks.
Coffee
Restaurants history
Cafés.
Café (Boisson)
coffee (beverage, dye)
Kaffeehaus
Geschichte
Koffiehuizen.
Coffeehouses Great Britain History.
London (England) History.
Great Britain History 18th century.
Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1603-1714 (Stuarts)
England London
Great Britain
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 77813
Call No.: ID:84-B188
Status: Available