Tall hardback in the dust-jacket
Includes the instructional slip for usage
with just the bottom coil a touch wonky
Additionally signed by Lady Cunard in pencil to opposite page
do much to bring a fanciful touch to the otherwise stark exposition of a treatise on pearls" - Hughey
A History and Description of modern Wine limited Tall hardback in the dust-jacketLondon: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. An early history of winemaking and the principle growing regions of Europe, Persia and the East, Africa and America, with notes also on vintages, keeping wines, and their 'adulteration and sophistication'. Third edition, revising and correcting the first two editions. 8vo. pp viii + 440 + 6p catalogue. Engraved frontispiece + several engraved vignettes and diagrams. Original green cloth, gilt titles to spine, lightly