O Vinagre (Alberto Carlos da Costa Falcao)

Illus. with 16 wood-engraved figures. Original gray wrappers. First Edition. Lisboa: Casa Portuguesa, 1897.

Inscribed & signed by the author, dated 1897, on page following title. An important work on wine, fermentation, and vinegar production in Portugal in the late 19th c. From Elizabeth David's library, with her small piece of library tape lettered "E" to lower spine. Near fine; scarce.

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