Hardcover
1992 · (Baltimore)
by SHAW, Thomas G.
(Baltimore): Bacchus Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile edition. Octavo. Full burgundy bonded leather gilt. An as new, fine copy. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1864 second edition (expanded and considerably revised from the 1863 first edition), printed on acid-free paper and retaining the folding plates that appeared in the original. One of 500 copies. Shaw was a Scottish wine merchant who was almost single-handedly credited with bringing about a reduction in the tax on wine coming into Great Britain and Ireland. André Simon called this title "one of the most interesting books we have on the subject." *Gabler* G38330 (referring to the second edition). (Inventory #: 82884)