Beschreibung
Die grosse Geschichte der Zigarre – 1995
Beschreibung: gebundene Ausgabe, 199 Seiten, zweispaltig, durchgehend mit farbigen und schwarz-weißen Fotos, Goldpräge-Deckel und -Rücken, Inhaltsverzeichnis, kleines Zigarrenlexikon, Register, Bildnachweis, Schutzumschlag, Großformat
Zustand: leichte Lagerspuren vor allem am Schutzumschlag, ansonsten sehr guter Zustand.
The great history of the cigar – 1995
Content: The cigar – synonymous with luxury and pleasure at its best, symbol of the powerful – is experiencing a new golden age in an era of elegant lifestyle and sophisticated dining culture. This book describes the history of a myth, tracing the triumph of the cigar through the centuries since the Spanish conquistadors discovered tobacco in the New World. It tells of the passion as well as the rejection that the cigar has aroused. The authors introduce us to the mysterious world of the cigar – from its origins to the fine art of smoking it. They show how much care, dexterity and patience is required to create a good cigar. Picking the tobacco and all other stages until the cigar is placed in the box are, today as then, pure manual work and require both a mastery of technique and long experience. Just as the strict selection of the grapes during the harvest is essential, the correct selection of the tobacco leaves during plucking is the most important prerequisite for a Havana of the highest quality. Perhaps even more than in the production of great wines, perfection plays an essential role in all stages of production and storage. The book’s rich illustration with color plates and black and white photos evokes the mood and atmosphere of the Cuban plantations of Vuelta Abajo, this magical triangle that is considered the cradle of the best cigars. The brilliant photographs reproduce the fantastic landscapes created by those white tulle veils under whose protection the tobacco plant thrives; they resurrect the factories of the 19th century and with them endless rows of cigar makers, and finally they tell of the most famous of all smokers, from Freud to Orson Welles.
Description: hardcover edition, 199 pages, two columns, color and black and white photos throughout, gilt-stamped cover and spine, table of contents, small cigar encyclopedia, index, photo credits, dust jacket, large format
Condition: slight signs of storage, especially on the dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition.
