Observations, historical, critical and medical, on the wines of the ancients. And the analogy between them and modern wines. With general observations on the principles and qualities of water, and in particular on those of Bath ... / By Sir Edward Barry, bart.

Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet

Date:: 1775

Credit: Observations, historical, critical and medical, on the wines of the ancients. And the analogy between them and modern wines. With general observations on the principles and qualities of water, and in particular on those of Bath ... / By Sir Edward Barry, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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