Cloth pictorial covers with the title to the spine. 360 pages. Unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket show wear around edges, the book in good condition.
This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative book about wine and viticulture which has yet been published in South Africa.
It contains contributions by fourteen authorities in different fields. They tell of the first recorded appearance of wine in the ancient Near East, its use and influence in ancientGreece and Rome, how it spread across Europe and to South Africa. And of its influence here on culture in its widest sense: language, literature, cookery, art, music, architecture etc.
More than 200 photographs, maps and diagrams.
Spirit of the Vine is being published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the K.W.V.
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 22 x 31 cm
