Report on the Cheap Wines from France, Italy, Austria, Greece and Hungary: Their Quality, Wholesomeness, and Price, and Their Use in Diet and Medicine

This is a scarce first edition copy of "Report on the Cheap Wines from France, Italy, Austria, Greece and Hungary" - Their Quality, Wholesomeness, and Price, and Their Use in Diet and Medicine by Robert Druitt. 1865 1st edition; Henry Renshaw; London. "With short notes of a lecture to ladies on wine, and remarks on acidity." Nicely bound in three-quarter leather with gilt lettering and five raised bands on the spine.

Here are some examples of the contents: Burgundy, not port, the wine for gentlemen; Why spirit is added to wine; Importance of a knowledge of wine to the medical practitioner; Wine often better than tea; Applied chemistry versus the juice of the grape; British spirits transmuted into foreign wine; A French surgeon's opinion of our drinking customs; Four kinds of thirst; Digression on wine advertisements; Tokay, its uses in great debility; Sweet wines; Decay of housewifery; Cases in which cider should be prescribed; Port and Sherry; Rise of price and deterioration of quality; Increased consumption; Port for the sick poor; Taste of women for heavy wine; Wine clubs; German wines; Characteristics of good champagne; Mixing wine...and much more - please see the photos for the complete list.

Condition:
The book has been nicely and professionally re-bound in three-quarter leather. Clean covers and spine. There is a circular spot at the top of the spine where the leather has faded a bit. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are clean with only a tiny foxing spots at the outer margin of pages 30-38, and a name written in old ink handwriting at the top of the title page. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.