This example is hand-signed by Bill Milne on the title page with a personal inscription reading To Michel, The Water of Life. The book is numbered 27 and was produced as part of a limited edition of 100 slip-cased copies, as noted in the signed limitation page. Signed with a personal inscription to Michel Roux. Condition shows general handling wear, scuffing, and surface marks to the cover and jacket consistent with age. Interior pages appear intact.
This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full details.
Book: 12" x 10 1/2" x 1". Weight: 3.5 lbs.
This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
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