(FOOD AND DRINK.) Vizetelly, Henry. A History of Champagne with Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France.

(FOOD AND DRINK.) Vizetelly, Henry. A History of Champagne with Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France. Frontispiece, folding color map, and numerous illustrations throughout. 4to, publisher's gilt-pictorial dark green cloth, few minor marks, but otherwise unusually bright; all edges gilt, hinges cracked; bookplate. London: Sotheran, 1882

"a remarkable work that traces the history of Champagne and its wine over 1800 years"--Gabler G40330. Vizetelly was a journalist, wine expert, and publisher. Famous for publishing hundreds of books translated from foreign authors, his support and printing of the works of Zola resulted in his imprisonment and financial ruin.