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A contemplation of wine

by H. Warner Allen

This classic study explores the depiction of wine in literature throughout history, analysing references from ancient Roman writers and Chaucer to eighteenth-century epicureans.

Accession 13022 ISBN — Publisher Michael Joseph
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