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[ABSINTHE] Catalogue Général ... Distillerie Pontissalienne ... Fabrique d'Absinthe Supérieure. by PONTISSALIENNE (PARIS)

by PONTISSALIENNE (PARIS)

[ABSINTHE] Catalogue Général ... Distillerie Pontissalienne ... Fabrique d'Absinthe Supérieure. by PONTISSALIENNE (PARIS)

[ABSINTHE] Catalogue Général ... Distillerie Pontissalienne ... Fabrique d'Absinthe Supérieure.

by PONTISSALIENNE (PARIS)

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Pontarlier, Doubs: Distillerie Pontissalienne, [circa 1900]. Small octavo (150 x 105 mm), maroon faux crocodile-skin textured stiff card wrappers, gilt lettering to the front; 20 pp, chromolithographic pastedowns with Art Nouveau designs by the celebrated lithographers A. Waton of St. Etienne, title page and text in red and black, double-page halftone plate at centre; a superb example of a very attractive fin de siècle trade catalogue for absinthe and other exotic spirits and liqueurs, including Curaçao, Kirsch, Cognac and rum. For an interesting short essay on the association between absinthe and literary creatives, see Jane Ciabattari's Absinthe: How the Green Fairy became literature’s drink  
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Catalogue...Distillerie Pontissalienne

by Distillerie Pontissalienne

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Doubs, [France]: Disillerie Pontissalienne, 1900. Second-hand hardcover. Distillerie Pontissalienne. Catalogue General: Distillerie Pontissalienne - Pontarlier, Doubs [ca.1900]. 8vo (150x105mm) red 'crocodile-skin' textured stiff card wrappers, gilt lettered 20pp. [In French] Fine/- DISTILLERIE PONTISSALIENNE Catalogue General: Distillerie Pontissalienne - Fabrique d'Absinthe Superieure. Pontarlier, Doubs [France]: Distillerie Pontissalienne. Printed by A Waton, Saint-Etienne, [ca.1900]. Octavo (150x105mm) burgundy 'crocodile-skin' textured stiff card wrappers, gilt lettered, stapled 20pp.  In French. Faint rubbing to edges of wrappers, staples just starting; extremely bright and crisp illustrations and text. Chromolithographs to both pastedowns: the front ( medals, awards and honours) and rear (a bottle of absinthe in an Art Noveau design).   Printed in red and black throughout.  The centre-fold is a black and white half-tone photolithograph of the range of products produced by the… Read More
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