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A tooth-drawer extracting a man's tooth while his friend is watching and enjoying a glass of champagne. Coloured etching.

A map of the Champagne region of France. Engraving by J. le Clerc, 1616, after D. de Templeux, 1616.

A champagne glass bearing the name of the champagne maker, "Bässler" with the AIDS red ribbon bottom left; advertising the firm's support for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by M. Wilhelm.

A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.

Facts about champagne and other sparkling wines : collected during numerous visits to the Champagne and other vinicultural districts of France, and the principal wine-producing countries of Europe / by Henry Vizetelly.

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A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.

A champagne glass bearing the name of the champagne maker, "Bässler" with the AIDS red ribbon bottom left; advertising the firm's support for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by M. Wilhelm.

Facts about champagne and other sparkling wines : collected during numerous visits to the Champagne and other vinicultural districts of France, and the principal wine-producing countries of Europe / by Henry Vizetelly.

A tooth-drawer extracting a man's tooth while his friend is watching and enjoying a glass of champagne. Coloured etching.

A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.