1962 Cognac

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with three tipped-in colour plates, numerous black-and-white photographs, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. The beautiful story of cognac, a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. From the history of the wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime, through the developments of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, to the modern production. Interlaced with photographs of the present day growing, harvesting, barreling, fermenting, and bottling processes. Written by Marie Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, a French novelist, poet and journalist. With photographs from Robert Doisneau, a French photographer who was a champion of humanist photography and a pioneer of photojournalism.