23 results filtered with: Wine and wine making - Early works to 1800
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The english pocket gardener: or, Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum. Wherein The Practice of the Pleasure and Kitchen Garden is made easy to all who study Gardening either for Profit or Amusement. To which is added, the art of preserving fruits, and directions for making English Wines, &c.
Date: [1794]- Books
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The country brewer's assistant, and English Vintner's Instructor, in two parts. Part the first treating 1. The choice of Water, 2. Grinding the Malt, 3. Use and Nature of the Hops, 4. Instructions for private Families, 5. Brewling good Small-Beer. 6. General Instructions for brewing, 7. Mashing. 8. Cooling and Working, 9. Casking the Drink. Part the second Containing general Instructions for making English Wines, exemplified in a select Number of original choice Receipts for producing excellent Wines from the following British Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers: Grapes, Raspberries, Mulberries, Currants, Cherries, Gooseberries, Quinces, Damsins, Apricots, Elder Berries, Birch, Sage, Cowslips, Gilliflowers, Strawberries, Blackberries. To which are added, Two excellent Receipts for making Orange and Palermo Wines, With Instructions for making (after the most improved Method) Mead, Cyder, and Metheglin, The celebrated Irish and Green Usquebaughs, The admired Brunswick Mum (taken from the Record in the Town-House at Brunswick,) And the genuine Receipt for making Dr. Stevens's justly-famous Cordial Water. With an appendix, containing the Distiller's Assistant. By George Edmonds.
Edmonds, George, active 1769.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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The new art of cookery, according to the present practice; being a complete guide to all housekeepers, on a plan entirely new; consisting of thirty-eight chapters. ... By Richard Briggs, many years cook at the Globe Tavern Fleet-Street, the White Hart Tavern, Holborn, an now at the Temple Coffee-House, London.
Briggs, Richard.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]- Books
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The art of planting and cultivating the vine; as also, of making, fining, and preserving wines, &c. According To The Most Approved Methods In The Most celebrated Wine-Countries in France. Compiled for the use of such as intend to prosecute that beneficial and national branch of commerce and agriculture in America, and particularly for that of the Colony at New Bourdeaux; by Louis de Saint Pierre, Esq; One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Granville County, and Captain of the Company of Militia, consisting of the French Vine-Dressers, established at New Bourdeaux, in South Garolina.
Saint Pierre, Louis de, active 1772.Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]- Books
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The art and mystery of vintners and wine-coopers: or, a brief discourse concerning the various sicknesses and corruptions of wines, and their respective remedies; also approved directions for the conserving and curing all sorts of wines; whether Spanish, Greek, Italian, Portugal or French, very necessary for all people. Delivered to the Royal Society, by one that served two apprenticeships to a vintner, in the City of London.
Charleton, Walter, 1620-1707.Date: 1735- Books
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Observations concerning the medical virtues of wine. In a letter to Dr. Buchan, by a gentleman of the faculty. To which is added, an account of some remarkable cures performed by the Tokay de Espagna, with other Matters, which are New, and well worth the Attention of the Public.
Gentleman of the Faculty.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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Two discourses.
Charleton, Walter, 1620-1707Date: 1669- Books
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The art and mystery of vintners and wine-coopers: containing one hundred and fifty-eight approv'd receipts for the conserving and curing all sorts of wines, whether Spanish, Greek, Italian, or French. A work useful and necessary for all sorts of people. Amongst which are directions how to keep wines fresh all the year. How to help wines that have lost their colour or taste. How to fine wines. The fittest time to rack wines. How to make wines. How to mend wines that are prickt. How to correct roapish wines. How to make scent, sote and lags. When to buy your wines, &c. &c.
Date: 1750- Books
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The art and mystery of vintners and wine-coopers: containing one hundred and fifty-eight approv'd receipts for the conserving and curing all sorts of wines, whether Spanish, Greek, Italian, or French. A work useful and necessary for all sorts of people. Amongst which are directions how to keep wines fresh all the year. How to help wines that have lost their colour or taste. How to fine wines. The fittest time to rack wines. How to make wines. How to mend wines that are prickt. How to correct roapish wines. How to make scent, sote and lags. When to buy your wines, &c. &c.
Date: 1748- Books
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The court and country confectioner: or, the house-keeper's guide; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines from all kinds of fruits, herbs, and flowers; comprehending near five hundred easy and practical receipts, never before made known. Particularly, Preserving. Candying. Icing. Transparent Marmalade. Orange. Pine-Apple. Pistachio, and other Rich Creams. Caramel. Pastils. Bomboons. Syrups. Puff, Spun, and Fruit-Pastes. Light-Biscuits. Puffs. Rich Seed-Cakes. Custards. Syllabubs. Flummeries. Trifles, Whips, Fruits, and other Jellies. - Pickles, &c. Also New and easy directions for clarifying the different degrees of sugar, together with several bills of fare of deserts for private gentlemen's families, A new edition. To which is added, a dissertation on the different species of fruits, and the art of distilling simple waters, cordials, persumed oils, and essences. By Mr. Borella, now head confectioner to the Spanish Ambassador in England.
Borella, Mr.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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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.
Charleton, Walter, 1620-1707.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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The closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. opened : whereby is discovered several ways for making of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine, &c. : together with excellent directions for cookery, as also for preserving, conserving, candying, &c. / published by his son's consent.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665Date: 1669- Books
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Two discourses / by Walter Charleton.
Charleton, Walter, 1620-1707Date: 1675- Books
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The general gauger: or, the principles and practice of gauging beer, wine, and malt. Containing, I. Decimal Arithmetick, the Extraction of the Square and Cube-Roots, and the Use of them in the Way of Gauging. II. The Necessary Problems in Geometry relating to Gauging and Measuring. III. The Use of the Sliding-Rule in Measuring Timber, and other Surfaces and Solids. IV. The Theory and Practice of Gauging in all the Varieties, perform'd by Pen, and Sliding-Rule. Each Proposition being Wrought in Beer, Wine, and Malt. V. The Construction of the Table of Segments, and all the Varieties of Ullaging of Casles. VI. A Table of Area's in Malt Bushels, &c. To which is added, An Appendix for measuring Boards, Timber, Stone, &c. With Rules and Examples for measuring most sorts of supersicial and solid Figures: Also surveying of Land. The whole laid down more methodically than any Performance of this Nature yet extant. By Mr. John Dougharty, Teacher of the Mathematicks at Worcester.
Dougharty, John, 1677-1755.Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- Books
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The tree of humane life, or, The bloud of the grape : Proving the possibilitie of maintaining humane life from infancy to extreme old age without any sicknesse by the use of wine. By Tobias Whitaker Doctor in Physick of London.
Whitaker, Tobias, -1666Date: 1638- Books
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The court and country confectioner : or, the house-keeper's guide ; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines from all kinds of fruits, herbs, and flowers; comprehending near four hundred and fifty easy and practical receipts, never before made know. Particularly, Preserving. Candying. Icing. Transparent Marmalade, Orange, Pine-Apple, Pistachio, and other Rich Creams. Caramil. Pastils. Bomboons. Puff, Spun, and Fruit-Pastes. Light-Biscuits. Puffs. Rich Seed-Cakes. Custards. Syllabues. Flummeries. Trifles. Whips. Fruite, and other Jellies. Pickles, &c. &c. Also New and easy directions for clarifying the different degrees of sugar, together with several bills of fare of deserts for private gentlemen's families. To which is added, a dissertation on the different species of fruits, and the art of distilling simple waters, cordials, perfumed oils, and essences. By an ingenious foreigner, now head confectioner to the Spanish ambassador in England.
Borella, Mr.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Books
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The fortune hunters: shewing, (from experience) 1. How people may improve their fortunes, and raise themselves in London, by different and quite opposite Ways. II. How Servants, of various Denominations, may obtain the Favour of their Masters and Mistresses, the Love of their Fellow Servants, the Esteem of all People, and gain Preferment. III. Many useful Instructions and Receipts for a great Variety of Businesses; as Brewing, Gardening, Making Wines, Dressing a Turtle, and Victuals of all Sorts, &c. &c. IV. The most distinguishing Characteristics of the several Sects and Professions of Religion in this great City; with some Queries proposed to the Atheistical Clubs. V. How pernicious some epidemic vices practised in London are to the welfare of society; with Proposals for the Suppression thereof. Being a Guide to such as are Strangers to the Ways and Customs of London. By John Breues, Late of Perth, Merchant, &c.
Breues, John.Date: [1754]- Books
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A new art of making wines, brandy, and other spirits, compliant to the late act of Parliament, concerning distillaton : illustrated by the doctrine of fermentation, by various examples of the growths and products of this land : wherein is laid down full and effectual directions, for the making of wholsome and medicinal wines : as also a true and facile way to bring low wines into proof spirits, which being by true art made from sound grain, are not inferior to those of France, for which reason are several propositions stated for the encouraging a brandy manufacturage here in England : also the way is shewn to exalt these spirits so high as to bear that proof to fire gunpowder, and their various uses, especially for lacker Jappan, and Chany varnishes, and several other useful receipts, which were never so plainly publish'd before : lastly is subjoyn'd, a general treatise concerning the original and nature of diseases : together with their cure by spagirick medicines : recommended to all that desire to improve and advance those liquors which are made from the English growths / by W.Y., spagirick physician in both medicines, and philosopher by fire.
Y-Worth, W. (William)Date: 1691- Books
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The vineyard: a treatise shewing I. The nature and method of planting, Manuring, Cultivating, and Dressing of Vines in Foreign Parts. II. Proper Directions for Drawing, Pressing, Making, Keeping, Fining, and Curing all Defects in the Wine. III. An Easy and Familiar Method of Planting and Raising Vines in England, to the greatest Perfection; illustrated with several useful Examples. IV. New Experiments in Grafting, Budding, or Inoculating; whereby all Sorts of Fruit may be much more improved than at present; particularly the Peach, Apricot, Nectarine, Plumb, &c. V. The best manner of raising several sorts of compound fruit, which have not yet been attempted in England. Being the observations made by a gentleman in his travels.
S. J.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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Chemical reflections relating to the nature, causes, prevention and, cure of some diseases; in particular the sea scurvy, the stone and gravel, the gout, The Rheumatism, Fevers, &c. Containing Observations Upon Air; Upon Constituent Principles; And The Decomposition Of Animal And Vegetable Substances: With a Variety of Occasional Remarks, Philosophical And Medical. To which is added, the method of making wine from the juice of the sugar cane. By James Rymer, Surgeon, at Ryegate.
Rymer, James, active 1770-1833.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Memorial for John Dingwall writer in Edinburgh, in the process at his instance, partly for his own behoof, and partly for behoof of John Baillie writer in the Signet, against Gustavus Munro of Culrain.
Dingwall, John, writer in Edinburgh.Date: 1748]- Books
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The closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelme Digby, Kt. opened : whereby is discovered several ways for making of metheglin, syder, cherry-wine, &c. : together with excellent directions for cookery : as also for preserving, conserving, candying, &c.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665Date: 1677- Books
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General instructions for the choice of wines and spirituous liquors. Dedicated to his Royal highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. Describes those wines which are best to be used at the tables of the opulent. Part II. Points out those wines which alone ought to be administered to the sick. Part III. Contains instructions concerning spirituous liquors, with methods for detecting abuses in them. And part IV. An account of many disorders cured by the wine, called toc-kay de espagna, with copies of letters to some great personages on the subject of that wine; as also copies of letters from persons of distinction relative to its extraordinary effects. The whole essentially useful in all families. By D. M'Bride.
McBride, Duncan.Date: [1793]