Culture of preparation and consumption of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages

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Three men handing out wine from a high wooden structure to a drunken hoard clutching large jugs, etc. Aquatint, c. 1822.

A French tavern with men at a table in the open air drinking a toast to good health. Lithograph by F. Noël after L. Boilly, 1826.

A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava and obeisance to the king in Tongatapu, Tonga. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

Six fashionable young men carousing round a table as a serving man opens another bottle of ale. Engraving, c. 1796.

A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.

The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol / Eric Burns.

Essen und Trinken in Süddeutschland : das Regensburger St. Katharinenspital in der Frühen Neuzeit / Andreas Kühne.

Cups and their customs.

Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.

Methy : wine appreciation and abuse in ancient Greece : in the words of its poets, dramatists, historians, philosophers, and physicians / Konst. I. Fallieros.

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The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol / Eric Burns.

Essen und Trinken in Süddeutschland : das Regensburger St. Katharinenspital in der Frühen Neuzeit / Andreas Kühne.

Cups and their customs.

Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.

Methy : wine appreciation and abuse in ancient Greece : in the words of its poets, dramatists, historians, philosophers, and physicians / Konst. I. Fallieros.