Wine and Distillation.
Three works in one, comprising: The Art and Mystery of Vintners and Wine-Coopers. Containing Approved Directions for the Preserving and Curing all Manner and Sorts of Wines, by E. T. a Wine-Cooper of long Experience. London: J. Roberts, 1734, 70, [10] pp., woodcut initial and head- and tail-pieces; The Practical Distiller: Or, a Brief Treatise of Practical Distillation. In which the Doctrine of Fermentation is Methodically Explain'd... With the Description of a New Engine-Still..., To which is added, by way of Appendix, a Treatise of making Artificial Wines from several Fruits of the British Production... London: B. Lintot, 1734, [4], 57, [1] pp., engraved frontispiece, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, ink underlining and marginal lines; Smith (George). The Nature of Fermentation Explain'd; with the Method of Opening the Body of any Grain or Vegetable Subject, so as to obtain from it a Spirituous Liquor: Exemplified by the Process of preparing Rum, as 'tis manag'd in the West-Indies..., To which is added, a Collection of several Compound Cordial Waters, with the Art of preparing some Articial Wines, not hitherto publish'd. By way of Appendix to the Compleat Body of Distilling, London: Bernard Lintot, 1729, [8], 56 pp., woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed.

Provenance: The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, ex Fonmon Castle.