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TITLE CONTINUED: and Every Other Requisite Guide after the wine is made and in the cellar: composed from practical knowledge and written expressly and exclusively for domestic use, containing sixty different sorts of wine. To which is also subjoined the description of part of a recent British Vintage inclusive of an interesting experimental lecture. FIRST EDITION 1814, 8vo, pages: xv, (1), 17-158, ii (Contents table), lacking A1 the half-title, bound in modern quarter calf over marbled sides, gilt lettering and gilt rules to spine, new endpapers. 1 or 2 pale fox spots to a few margins, no inscriptions. A very good clean tight copy. Instructions for making and preserving all kinds of wines from domestic fruits, including preparing the fruit, fermentation, racking and fining, bottling. Pages 45-104 contain recipes for different wines, pages 105-126 observations on various aspects of wine making, pages 127-158 contain the literary lecture on the British Vintage mentioned in the title. Gabler, Wine into Words, page 53, G15510. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 48972
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