Lot n° 194
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[OENOLOGY - SPIRITS] - Lot 194
[OENOLOGY - SPIRITS]
Collection of works on the subject of oenology and spirits: - AMES (Richard): The Search after Claret; or, a Visitation of the Vintners. A Poem In two Canto s. (Followed by) The Last Search after Claret in Southwark: Or, a Visitation of the Vintners in the Mint, with The Debates of a Committee of that Profession thither Fled to avoid the Cruel Persecution of their Unmerciful Creditors. A Poem. Dedicated to the most Ingenious Author of the Search after Wit, &c. London, Hawkins, 1691.
2 parts in-4: 2f., 18pp., (1) - 11pp. Spotting, old traces of moisture, last leaf reinforced (without loss of text).
Modest boards, spine missing, binding weak.
First edition of two of the four poems in this series (second and third parts absent), all attributed to Richard Ames.
The first poem in the series, The Search for Bordeaux, sets the tone in its "Dedicatory Epistle": To all lovers, admirers and lovers of Bordeaux To all men who drink bitter wine in the morning to create a false stomach against their desire for dinner To all sober men who drink half a pint and drink seriously... To all friends of Bacchus who have frequented taverns
The fourth poem, The Last Search for Bordeaux in Southwark, is in part a response to The Search for Spirit.
- WARD (Edward)]: The delights of the bottle; or the compleat vintner with the humours of ... London, Briscoe, 1721.
In-8. 54pp. Spotting, light banding at head. Without cover. As is.
Les délices de la bouteille: ou le vigneron accompli. With the moods of the bubbly parvenus. The greedy swindlers. Dinner drinkers... A joyful poem.
- DOSSIE (Robert): An essay on spirituous liquors: with regard to their effects on health. London, Ridles, sd. [1770].
In-8, 50pp. Spotting. Paperback, hand-covered in poor condition.
- FRENCH (John): The London-distiller: Exactly and Truly Shewing the Way (in Words at Length, and Not in Mysterious Characters and Figures) to Draw All Sorts of Spirits and Strong-waters. London, Cotes, 1667.
In-4: 43pp, (3) ½ inches of modest red hand-crafted cloth.
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