Wine : a series of notes on this valuable product and subjects suggested therefrom, together with some important references / by Alexander Webber.

  • Webber, Alexander.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Wine : a series of notes on this valuable product and subjects suggested therefrom, together with some important references / by Alexander Webber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    THE INTRODUCTION To a work, however insignificant, or however im- portant its intentions, has for its object one chief purpose, namely, the reason which the writer should adduce to justify him in offering it to the notice of the reader. Many books, pamphlets, and essays have been published on this popular subject of Wine, in numerous forms, many distinctly separate, so that any one desirous of obtaining comprehensive in- formation on the whole, would necessarily be com- pelled to acquire cpiite a small library to meet his wants. The collection of jottings which I have brought together in the following pages I claim possesses this special merit—videlicet, that it con- centrates a synopsis, including almost every point