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Joseph James Forrester and His Maps Of The Portuguese Douro And Adjacent Country and The Map Of The Wine District Of The Alto Douro.
Together with three essays in one volume…
>> Forrester and The Douro By Richard Mayson
>> Forrester’s Maps of The Douro By Debbie Hall
>> Forrester The Delineator By Isaac Oelgart
This is a fabulous collection of Port exclusives created by Isaac Oelgart of The Port Lover’s Library.
The product includes a full-sized, high-quality reproduction of the original 10-foot map, a full-sized reproduction of the smaller map and three specially commissioned essays. A real Port collector’s item!
The photograph shown above includes a regular sized bottle of port to give you an idea of the scale of this publication. Below is a copy of the rolled version of the map that is now framed and hanging in my sitting room…
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 2006
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This copy is an unpublished facsimile of the 1788 edition, very kindly given to me by Isaac Oelgart.
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A special edition, limited to 100 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The White Paper Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
Originally published in 1893, this edition was published in 2002.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 2002
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A special edition, limited to 120 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The White Paper Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
Originally published in 1866, this edition was published in 2000.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 2000
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A special edition, limited to 216 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
Originally published in French in 1900, this English translation by Norma R. Shakun was published in 1999.
This short booklet appears to have been part of the author’s contribution to exhibiting the wines of Offley, Forrester and Co. at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris. An interesting read, containing a number of descriptions of the people and culture of Oporto and the Douro that I have not encoutered in other books.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 1999
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A special edition, limited to 180 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
Originally published in the New York Evening Post in 1901, this edition was published in 1997.
A nice item to have in a collection of Port books, but you only need to find about 10 minutes to read it from cover to cover.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 1997
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This interesting little book is a series of short articles penned by the author in the summer of 1925. Having read it cover to cover, I must confess that I see absolutely no connection between the contents and the title.
Originally published in 1925 or 1926, this facsimile was produced as a special edition, limited to 180 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series” in 1997 by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 1997
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A special edition, limited to 120 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
This small booklet was produced by E. Lamontagne and Sons of New York, who appear to have been the United States and Canada agents for Sandeman.
The book contains some interesting insights to the production and shipping of Port in the late 19th century and contains a number of full-page illustrations by Henry Vizetelly.
Originally published in 1884, this facsimile edition was published in 1996.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 1996
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A special edition, limited to 120 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
This little booklet provides a fascinating insight into the use of Port wines in the late 19th century. As the title suggests, its main focus is the care, treatment and serving of the wines.
The author, Hermann Lorenz Feuerheerd, was a Partner and Manager of the Port shipper Diedrich Matthais Feuerheerd, Jnr., & Co. of Oporto.
Originally published in 1899, this edition was published in 1996.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 1996
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