A Treatise on the Manufacture and Distillation of Alcoholic Liquors by Duplais, translated McKennie 1871. Facsimile EditionPierre Duplais' seminal "Trait de la Fabrication des Liqueurs et de la Distillation des Alcools" is the authoritative French distillation guide. It went through seven editions from 1855 to 1900 and is the basis of our understanding of 19th century French distillation techniques. A single English edition was published in Philadelphia in 1871, translated by M. McKennie. The special section on absinthe is of particular importance this is our most