Observations Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients

London: T. Cadell, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (272 x 216 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignettes on title. Rebacked contemporary calf, marbled endpapers. Covers scuffed, scattered browning and spotting, penciled marginalia. FIRST EDITION. Includes a 58-page Appendix on modern wines ('For some years the French and English have been particularly fond of the sparking, frothy Champaigns. The former have almost entirely quitted that depraved taste'), and observations on the quality of water. Vicaire p 67; Wellcome II, p 105.