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Check it out...Here's a classic set of 2 (TWO!) different paper items from the 1960s Era Benedictine French Liqueur company (See history below)-Set includes a 3 1/2" wide by an @ 5" tall by 7" tall multi-paged illustrated history booklet that features an image of the distinctive bottle and reads: "Benedictine D.O.M. La Grande Liqueur Francaise on the front and full of images illustrating the long history going back to 1863 inside and the other is an 8 1/4" wide by 11 1/4" tall heavy paper 2-sided bag advertising the product-Unique set! Has only light, minor wear (looks like soiling but that is how the booklet was made with kind of an antique parchment paper look), what a nice original dual collectible set!

Here's some info on Benedictine:

Bénédictine is an herbal liqueur produced in France. It was developed by wine merchant Alexandre Le Grand in the 19th century and is flavored with twenty-seven flowers, berries, herbs, roots, and spices. A drier version, B&B, blending Bénédictine with brandy, was developed in the 1930s. In 1863, Alexandre Le Grand developed a recipe for an herbal liqueur, helped by a local chemist, from old medicinal recipes he had acquired from a religious foundation where a maternal grandparent had held office as a fiscal prosecutor. To market it, Le Grand embellished a story of it having been developed by monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy and produced by them until the abbey's devastation during the French Revolution. Le Grand began production under the trade name "Bénédictine", using a bottle with a distinguishing shape and label. To reinforce the myth, Le Grand placed the abbreviation "D.O.M." on the label, for "Deo Optimo Maximo" ("To God, most good, most great"), used at the beginning of documents by the Benedictine Order to dedicate their work. In 1982, just 15% of the liqueur production was sold in France, with 45% of the product going to the United States of America. As a result of returning Great War soldiers of the East Lancashire Regiment having acquired a taste for the drink while stationed in France, people in Burnley, England, drink Bénédictine with hot water, known as "Bene 'n' 'ot", and the Burnley Miners Club is reputedly the largest single customer. The abbey at Fécamp was used for a convalescence hospital. In 1986, the Martini & Rossi group took control of Bénédictine. In 1992, they, in turn, were bought out by Bacardi for a reported $1.4 billion. By 2010, around 75% of the production had been exported. This marked a significant increase in its popularity in France. The biggest consumers of Bénédictine are the United States, Malaysia and Singapore.

These are ORIGINAL items...Not a reproduction items! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 7.95 postage is required.