HENDERSON, Alexander.

The History of Ancient and Modern Wines.

Name: The History of Ancient and Modern Wines.
Brand: HENDERSON, Alexander.
SKU: 124193
Price: 1160.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Stock Code 124193

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824.

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Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, this handsome first edition of Alexander's History of Ancient and Modern Wines traces the development of wine across centuries, from Ancient Greece to Languedoc.

First edition; 4to (28.5 x 23 cm); contemporary ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper, ex libris bookplate to front pastedown, pictorial title vignette, as well as 7 further woodcuts throughout, 24 pictorial engraved initials and a folded table, some vignettes offset, pages slightly browned with minimal spotting; half green morocco over marbled boards, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lettered in gilt with raised bands, slight discolouration to spine and some to upper and lower boards, blemish to leather of lower corner of upper board, joints cracked but holding, top edge gilt, very good; xvi, 408pp.

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