early American account

A lovely example of the first edition of William Flagg's memoir of his time spent among the vineyards of Europe in the late 1860s, with insight into the soil quality and variance in the terroir of the different wine-growing regions, notes on vine diseases, and his reflections on the viability of different grape varieties in the USA.

First edition; 8vo (19 x 13.5 cm); line-illustrations, publisher's ads to rear, bookseller's blindstamp to rear endpaper; contemporary half red roan, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, slightly rubbed, very good; viii, 9-332, 4[ads]pp.