I AM DRINKING STARS! A History of Champagne

STEIDL, Gerhard

ISBN 10: 3865217508 / ISBN 13: 9783865217509

Published by Steidl Photography International, Germany, 2009

About this Item

First edition. Pictorial boards with lettering on cloth spine. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped and rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy. Some general handling. Spine bears the odd patch of discoloration, yet this book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.

Seller Inventory # COO115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: I AM DRINKING STARS! A History of Champagne
• Publisher: Steidl Photography International, Germany
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865217508
• ISBN 13: 9783865217509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Dom Pierre Perignon tells the story of the world's most luxurious champagne, tracing its circuitous history across four centuries, arranged in three chapters--one each for the seventeenth, eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Beautifully produced, in keeping with its subject, this page-turning luxury object unravels the myth of Dom Perignon champagne, beginning with its namesake--the pioneering Benedictine Monk Dom Pierre Perignon--who set out to create the best wine in the world. Offering glimpses of the champagne-infused hedonism of Louis XV's court at Versailles, Marilyn Monroe's glamorous affiliation with the beverage and Karl Lagerfeld's recent advertising campaign for the brand, this volume incorporates a spectrum of artifacts, including texts, drawings, paintings, photographs and film stills from artists and writers such as Francois Boucher, Denis Diderot and Jonathan Swift.