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A TREATISE OF FAMILY WINE MAKING: Calculated for Making Excellent Wines from the Various Fruits of This United Country; in Relation to Strength, Brilliancy, Health, and Economy Explanatory of the Whole Process,
by CARNELL, P. P.:
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones; sold by T. Hookham, Jun. & Co., Gossling, Hatchard, J. and G. Todd, York, and by all booksellers in the United Kingdom, 1814.. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47422
- Title
- A TREATISE OF FAMILY WINE MAKING: Calculated for Making Excellent Wines from the Various Fruits of This United Country; in Relation to Strength, Brilliancy, Health, and Economy Explanatory of the Whole Process,
- Author
- CARNELL, P. P.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London, Published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones; sold by T. Hookham, Jun. & Co., Gossling, Hatchard, J. and G. Todd, York,
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WINE MAKING PRESERVATION DOMESTIC BRITISH VINTAGES WINES LIQUORS RECIPES
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Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
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