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Seller's Description:
Fine. Facsimile edition. Full burgundy bonded leather gilt. A fine, as new copy. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1824 first edition printed on acid-free paper. One of 500 copies. *Gabler* G23690 (referring to the first edition)-"Most writers credit Henderson with writing the first book in English that describes in detail what are today called modern wines."
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Foxing to endpapers but text is quite clean with wide margins. Spine leather is dry affecting the royal monogram, which we have been unable to identify, but the spine label is in very nice condition. The main defect is the missing front cover. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-5/8"); xvi, 408 pages. Bound in contemporary polished calf leather with marbled endpapers, a gilt-lettered morocco spine label with a royal monogram in the top spine panel, but the front board is missing. An important and comprehensive early work on the history of wine, illustrated with woodcut vignettes and charts. Chapters on many aspects of wine including ancient wine cellars, wines of various countries, dietetic and medical qualities of wine, and much more. With 10 appendices and an index.
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Very Good. 1824 Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy in fine calf binding by T. Aitken with gilt titles and decorations, five raised spine hubs, dentelles over marbleized endpapers. All edges gilt. Book plate front pastedown, tight and unmarked with light foxing. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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Very Good in No Dust Cover jacket. Professionally rebound in red boards, first edition 1824, interior in Very Good condition illustrated with woodcuts, 408 pages with index and charts, missing title page, copy tipped in.
