{"product_id":"edward-lonsdale-beckwith-practical-notes-wine-london-1868-118226","title":"Practical Notes on Wine.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first edition in book-form of this detailed account of the wines of Europe, with notes on the principal houses, the Paris Exhibition of 1867, and trademarks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beckwith was a wine-merchant and Associate Juror and Reporter on Wines at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. This book is a reprint of the \"Report on Wines and other Fermented Liquors,\" prepared by command of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867. It deals in a very concise manner with: 1st, the wines of every country from which England has been in the habit of receiving supplies; 2nd, the wines sent to the Paris Exhibition; 3rd, trade marks and the wine trade legislation' (Simon).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScarce. We can only trace 4 copies in institutional collections worldwide (BL, Bodleian, Trinity College, Dublin, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition in book-form; 8vo (18 x 12.5 cm); 1p. ad. to rear, ownership inscription in pencil to front free endpaper, slight dampstaining to front endpapers and bottom margin of first few ff, hinges split but holding; published brown cloth, gilt design to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, puncture with slight loss, edges slightly rubbed; viii, 106, [2]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon p.12.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BECKWITH, Edward Lonsdale.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55785816588663,"sku":"118226","price":206.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118226_4ee23d61-5a16-4f66-a834-395da5f8cb66.jpg?v=1780913634","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/edward-lonsdale-beckwith-practical-notes-wine-london-1868-118226","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}