A History And Description Of Modern Wines Redding, Cyrus Illustrated,Wine,Wine Literature & Poetry

| The First Modern Wine Book: Redding's Manifesto in a Bottle [1] f.e., XXXV, 407, [1] r.e. Original dark red cloth binding, gilt title on spine label; frontispiece detached. Numerous charming steel engravings as head- and tailpieces and within the text, all on oenological themes, some mythological or decorative, others illustrating the techniques described in the volume. Stain on pp. 22, 23. Very good condition. Reference: P. Lukacs, "Inventig Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures" pp. 147. Cyrus Redding's A History and Description of Modern Wines, first published in 1833 and revised through numerous editions until his death in 1870, stands as the most informed and influential wine book of its century.