ADOLPHE TORELLI (19TH-20TH CENTURY) 900 RECIPES FOR COCKTAILS AND AMERICAN DRINKS A GUIDE FOR BARTENDERS AND CHIC GOURMETS 1930 EDITION.

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Paris, S. Bornemann Éditeur, 1930. 192 pp. paperback, soft cover illustrated in colour by the publisher, with a frontispiece photograph of Adolphe Torelli and his assistant at the bar of the Winter-Palace Hotel in Nice. Imprimerie Willaume, Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeilles. In French. 18 x 11.8 x 1.5 cm Cover detached, pages browned.. Adolphe Torelli held the position of head barman in the finest hotels on the French Riviera, notably at the Winter-Palace in Nice. His book contains the first written mention of the ‘Americano’ cocktail (lemon zest, Campari, red vermouth, sparkling water). He was a pioneer of cocktail culture in Europe.