The Earliest Printed Book on Wine by Arnald of Villanova Physician, Surgeon, Botanist, Alchemist & Philosopher [1235? -1311] Now for the First Time rendered into English and with an Historical Essay by Henry E. Sigerist, M.D. With Facsimile of the Original Edition, 1478 de Arnald of Villanova; Henry E. Sigerist - 1943

New York: Schuman's. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Patchy fading to cloth boards. Foxing to endpapers. Slipcase present, but the slipcase is in fair condition only, worn and damaged at the extremities. No previous owner's signatures or stamps.; 44 pages + unpaginated facsimile of the original manuscript. Red cloth boards with off-white cloth spine. Gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 252 x 190mm. Portrait frontispiece within the pagination. Some ornamental initial letters printed in crimson ink. An edition of 350 copies. "Designed and printed by the press of A. Colish, New York."; 4to .