it was a response to science
This 200ct carton contains 10 packs of 20 cigars, providing a consistent and economical supply of bold tobacco

The preface to an early catalogue Phillipps wrote in longhand outlined his sense of purpose, and is perhaps the most significant explanation of his lifelong quest: In amassing my collection, I commenced with purchasing everything that lay within my reach, to which I was instigated by reading various accounts of the destruction of valuable manuscripts. Beacause at first he lacked the skill to judge unerringly which items were worth saving and which were not, Phillipps made the simple decision to take no chances: I had not the ability to select, nor the resolution to let anything escape because it was of trifling value. His passion for manuscripts arose from witnessing the unceasing destruction of them by goldbeaters, crass salvagers who extracted precious metals that had been inlaid centuries earlier on vellum by medieval illuminatorsand also, of course, from the manuscripts uniqueness
These packs can be particularly useful for long-term storage or for smokers who buy in bulk
This is one of the first releases of the Eve series, which has historical significance as one of the first "women's" cigarette brands in the world