Gastronomy 2021 Catalogue

42 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s G a s t r o n o m y 2 0 2 1 “Wine Maketh Glad The Heart Of Man” 46. RAINBIRD, George. An Illustrated Guide to Wine. London, 1983. Tall square quarto, original publisher’s full crushed black morocco gilt, slipcase. $1800. Click for more info Signed limited first edition, one of only 25 copies signed by Rainbird on the publisher’s tipped-in leaf, a sumptuous association copy specially bound in full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf for prominent British financier Hugh Pigott with his name gilt-stamped to the front board, richly illustrated with hundreds of color photographic illustrations, in publisher’s original slipcase. British wine connoisseur and publisher Rainbird, whose works on wine include Sherry and the Wines of Spain (1966) and The Subtle Alchemist (1973), died in 1986. He was highly respected as an innovative publisher and author who “had vision, allied to a genuine love of books… Rainbird’s greatest interest outside books was wine. He became a close friend of André Simon, and succeeded him as chairman of the International Wine and Food Society” ( London Times ). This beautiful limited first edition of his Illustrated Guide to Wine , signed by Rainbird, is one of only 25 copies specially bound in full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf: this select copy bound for leading British financier Hugh Pigott with his name gilt-stamped on the front board. A fine copy.