Two Discourses, The first, Concerning the Different Wits of men. The Second, a Brief Discourse concerning the various sicknesses of Wines, and their respective remedies; at this day commonly used: Delivered to the Royal Society
by CHARLETON, Walter, M.D
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London, Printed for Will. Whitwood at the Angel and Bible in Little Britain Book 1692. 12mo, 133 x 78 mms., pp. [vi], 183 [184 blank. 185 - 194 Contents, 195 - 196, recent full speckled calf, gilt spine, red morocco label; title-page slightly dusty, the Vintner part has damp stains leaving tide marks (see attached images), a few edges slightly ragged, pale age-browning throughout, a few leaves tightly bound in first part. The second discourse is devoted to wine, in particular methods for preventing their putrefaction, together with "Some Observations on the Ordering of Wines" by Christopher Merret. Merret was the first person to document that the addition of sugar to wine caused a secondary fermentation that turned it into a sparkling wine. James Gabler, Wine into Words, page 57, and Andre Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, page 86.
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- Two Discourses, The first, Concerning the Different Wits of men. The Second, a Brief Discourse concerning the various sicknesses of Wines, and their respective remedies; at this day commonly used: Delivered to the Royal Society
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- CHARLETON, Walter, M.D
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- London, Printed for Will. Whitwood at the Angel and Bible in Little Britain Book 1692
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