Shannon robert m d (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 152 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.38 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 648 pages. 9.10x7.40x1.00 inches. In Stock.

TITLE CONTINUED: The London Practice of brewing Porter, Ale, and Table Beer, the Method of brewing Country Ales, &c., with the modern improvements in FERMENTATION, OR THE DOCTRINE OF ATTENUATION, in which old and present mode of work is improved, WITH AN ENTIRE NEW SYSTEM, MUCH MORE ADVANTAGEOUS: interspersed with PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on each kind of fermentable matter, raw and prepared, with rules for obtaining the greatest quantity, --- and of better quality, from grain, raw or malted, sugar or molasses; --- AND THE MAKING WINES, CIDER AND VINEGAR : The whole fundamentally delineated with plates : WITH A COPIOUS APPENDIX on the culture and preparation of FOREIGN WINES, BRANDIES AND VINEGARS PREVIOUS TO EXPORTATION and the best method of managing them when imported into these kingdoms. FIRST EDITION 1805. 4to, approximately 270 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8 inches, DEFECTIVE COPY WITH SEVERAL FAULTS. 8 engraved plates and 5 folding tables, all present as listed in Directions to Binder. The work is divided into 4 parts with a divisional title to each part: Book I, Brewing for malt liquors; Book II, Brewing for Distilling; Book III, Made wines, vinegar, cider and perry; Book IV, an Appendix on the growth, or culture, gathering, pressing, fermentation . of German, French, Spanish, Portugal, Italian and Grecian wines, pages: xxxii, [1], 1- 307; 1-248; 1-135; 1-183, followed by 1 page, Directions to Binder, half-title present, bound in modern half black morocco, gilt lettered wine coloured label to spine, gilt decorations between gilt decorated bands, cream endpapers. Leather corners of boards rubbed and worn, half-title and title page lightly creased, divisional title to first part damaged and poorly repaired, first 2 leaves of list of subscribers in facsimile, the engraved plates are stained in various degrees, small repair to blank side of final plate No. 8, just affecting 1 image with slight loss, the main body of text is in good condition apart from pages in last part, pages 174 -182 have amateur repairs, missing words inked in, the final page is damaged with loss of text and a facsimile inserted, a few corners repaired, no loss to text, pale staining to margins. A fair working copy only. Gabler, Wine into Words, page 243, G35970: Shannon "deals not only with specific modern wines, but with such details as how the vines are planted, the grapes, the soils, how the wines are made and tasted and even how Burgundy should be shipped to England.(his) treatise covers all of the world's known wines . but he leaves no doubt as to his favourite region (Burgundy)". The first detailed account in English of modern wines, preceding Alexander Henderson by 19 years. A heavy book which will require extra postage. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. …