May 25, 2006 - Sale 2081

Sale 2081 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 230
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(FOOD AND DRINK.) Shaw, Thomas George. Wine, the Vine, and the Cellar . . . Second Edition. Folding frontispiece and two tables; map; numerous illustrations. Thick 8vo, publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth, joints cracked, edges rubbed, bumps to front top and bottom edges; hinges cracked, few dog-eared pages; publisher's 24-page catalogue bound in rear. London, 1864

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Full of historical data and amusing reminiscences and anecdotes. He admits his ignorance of American wines but notes "California seems better adapted for producing good wine"--Gabler G36130.