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London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 158,(2)pp. Modern rebinding in sympathetic period style: quarter calf gilt and marbled papercovered boards, red morocco spine label gilt. Owner's name, half-title repaired, scattered foxing most pronounced on the title page, uncut, a pleasing very good copy.
KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADES, BREWERS AND MALTSTERS AND OTHER TRADES CONNECTED THEREWITH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. by WINE, SPIRITS, BREWERS AND MALTSTERS.:
by WINE, SPIRITS, BREWERS AND MALTSTERS.:
KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADES, BREWERS AND MALTSTERS AND OTHER TRADES CONNECTED THEREWITH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
by WINE, SPIRITS, BREWERS AND MALTSTERS.:
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A Treatise on Family Wine Making: Calculated for Making Excellent Wines from the Various Fruits of this United Country; in relation to Strength, Brilliancy, Health, and Economy explanatory of the whole process, and every other requisite guide after the wine is made and in the cellar; composed from practical knowledge and written expressly and exclusively for domestic use, containing sixty different sorts of wine. To which is also subjoined the description of part of a recent British vintage inclusive of an interesting experimental lecture
by CARNELL, P.P.
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La Vigne Voyage Autour Des Vins De France Étude Physiologique, Anecdotique, Historique, Humoristique Et Même Scientifique
by BERTALL, [Charles Albert D'ARNOULD, called] [1820-1882]
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Paris: E.Plon Et Cie., 1878., 1878. 2 Parts in 1. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 659. with half-title & initial blank. 95 full-page (verso's blank, incl. frontis.) & numerous smaller wood-engraved text illus. A fine copy in contemporay quarter chagrin, spine richly gilt, gilt edges (light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. "Le spirituel caricaturiste passe en revue les différents crus de la Bourgogne, de la Gironde et de la Champagne et conte, avec beaucoup d'humour, une foule d'anecdotes amusantes sur les vins, les vignes, les vignerons, les propriétaires et les dégustateurs." (Vicaire) "Numerous anecdotes are given on the wines, the vineyardists, the proprietors, and tasters. The book is exceptional and, according to Vicaire, much sought." (Bitting) Bitting 38. Oberlé 409. Simon 110. Vicaire 87.. F. Hardcover.
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[Wine purchases for the palaces of Emperor Napoleon III]
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[Bordeaux: Maison Clossman & Cie, 1861. Four handwritten invoices or envoi (each 21 x 13.5 cm.), on stationery with the blindstamp of Normand & Duplessy, Entrepot Transit & Cammoinage, and with the oval ink stamp of same. Receipts for four simultaneous purchases of wine from the Bordeaux wine merchant Maison Clossman, each for delivery to a different palace of Emperor Napoleon III: Palais des Tuileries, Palais de L'Elysée, Palais de St. Cloud, Palais de Fontainebleau. The items are numbered across the four invoices in consecutive order, with one hundred seven items in all, most large quantities in barrels or cartons of fifty bottles each. The fourth and final invoice contains an additional stamp in green ink, "Maison de [ill.], Service de la Regie de Palais de Fontainbleu". Folded, with creases. Near fine.
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[Dispute between Wine and Beer in Venetian dialect] Contrasto fra el Vin e la Birra interessante per tuti gli Osti e Magazinieri
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La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne
by LIGER, Louis
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1775 Liger Rustic House Bees Beekeeping Hunting Wine Cuisine Rustique FalconryLouis Liger was a prominent 17th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work 'Nouvelle Maison Rustique,' or 'The New Rustic House.' Originally titled 'General Economics of Country Goods,' this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting, gardening, fishing, falconry, wine making, beer brewing, cooking, and bee keeping.
This two-volume 1775 edition is filled with fascinating full-page and folding plates alongside in-text woodcut engravings.
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LIGER, Louis
La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne
Paris : Chez Durand, 1775.
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Vol. I – [4], iv, [4], 916
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Vol. II – [8], 918, [2]
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A Treatise on Family Wine Making: Calculated for Making Excellent Wines from the Various Fruits of this United Country; in relation to Strength, Brilliancy, Health, and Economy explanatory of the whole process, and every other requisite guide after the wine is made and in the cellar; composed from practical knowledge and written expressly and exclusively for domestic use, containing sixty different sorts of wine. To which is also subjoined the description of part of a recent British vintage inclusive of an interesting experimental lecture
by CARNELL, P.P.
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London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 158,(2)pp. Modern rebinding in sympathetic period style: quarter calf gilt and marbled papercovered boards, red morocco spine label gilt. Owner's name, half-title repaired, scattered foxing most pronounced on the title page, uncut, a pleasing very good copy.
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La Vigne Voyage Autour Des Vins De France Étude Physiologique, Anecdotique, Historique, Humoristique Et Même Scientifique
by BERTALL, [Charles Albert D'ARNOULD, called] [1820-1882]
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Paris: E.Plon Et Cie., 1878., 1878. 2 Parts in 1. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 659. with half-title & initial blank. 95 full-page (verso's blank, incl. frontis.) & numerous smaller wood-engraved text illus. A fine copy in contemporay quarter chagrin, spine richly gilt, gilt edges (light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. "Le spirituel caricaturiste passe en revue les différents crus de la Bourgogne, de la Gironde et de la Champagne et conte, avec beaucoup d'humour, une foule d'anecdotes amusantes sur les vins, les vignes, les vignerons, les propriétaires et les dégustateurs." (Vicaire) "Numerous anecdotes are given on the wines, the vineyardists, the proprietors, and tasters. The book is exceptional and, according to Vicaire, much sought." (Bitting) Bitting 38. Oberlé 409. Simon 110. Vicaire 87.. F. Hardcover.
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[Wine purchases for the palaces of Emperor Napoleon III]
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[Bordeaux: Maison Clossman & Cie, 1861. Four handwritten invoices or envoi (each 21 x 13.5 cm.), on stationery with the blindstamp of Normand & Duplessy, Entrepot Transit & Cammoinage, and with the oval ink stamp of same. Receipts for four simultaneous purchases of wine from the Bordeaux wine merchant Maison Clossman, each for delivery to a different palace of Emperor Napoleon III: Palais des Tuileries, Palais de L'Elysée, Palais de St. Cloud, Palais de Fontainebleau. The items are numbered across the four invoices in consecutive order, with one hundred seven items in all, most large quantities in barrels or cartons of fifty bottles each. The fourth and final invoice contains an additional stamp in green ink, "Maison de [ill.], Service de la Regie de Palais de Fontainbleu". Folded, with creases. Near fine.
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[Dispute between Wine and Beer in Venetian dialect] Contrasto fra el Vin e la Birra interessante per tuti gli Osti e Magazinieri
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La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne
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1775 Liger Rustic House Bees Beekeeping Hunting Wine Cuisine Rustique FalconryLouis Liger was a prominent 17th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work 'Nouvelle Maison Rustique,' or 'The New Rustic House.' Originally titled 'General Economics of Country Goods,' this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting, gardening, fishing, falconry, wine making, beer brewing, cooking, and bee keeping.
This two-volume 1775 edition is filled with fascinating full-page and folding plates alongside in-text woodcut engravings.
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LIGER, Louis
La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne
Paris : Chez Durand, 1775.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. I – [4], iv, [4], 916
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Vol. II – [8], 918, [2]
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Wine, The Vine and the Cellar
by Shaw, Thomas George
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Octavo (9 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches) Baltimore: Bacchus Press Ltd., 1992. Facsimile of the 1864 second edition. 540 pages and 24 pages of period publisher's ads., fold out charts, numerous illustrations. Wine colored leatherette, decorative cover (the title is surrounded by grape vines which frame a charicature of a happy vintner sitting on a barrel; all done in gold). very good condition.A faithful reproduction of a scarce work. Shaw was originally from Scotland and had much to do with lowering the duty on wine imported to England. His writing is informative and humorous. He mentions American wines and in a prophetic remark states, "California seems better adapted for producing wine."
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Great Bordeaux Wines of St Emilon, Pomrol and Fronsac
by Enjalbert, Henri
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Translated from the French by Harriet Coleman & Richard Maxwell from "Les Grand Vins de St Emilion, Pomerol et Fronsac." Wear along edges and at corners. Clean interior pages. a few pages have a wrinkle along top edge. Includes a note from the publisher correcting a few typoes. Nonfiction. French agricultural history. Viniculture. Pages are number in two separate sequences. 368 pages of text. 246 pages in color. 8" X 12" X 2.25" 20.5CM X30.5 CM X 6CM- English translation includes some additional material about the difference between how the French classify soil particle sizes vs international standards and USDA standard. The book is divided into three main sections. The first part deals with the geology of the Libournais region including how it was formed, sediment deposition by rivers, and the current soil profile for each of the subregions. Part two deals wtih the history of wine making in the region with a focus on the 18th century being a transition period where the quality and terroir of a wine…
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American Wines and How to Make Them
by Wagner, Philip M
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, foxing to endpapers and edges, . owner name on front free endpaper.. 1933. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with cabernet-colored printed paper labels on front boards and spine. Index xivpp, rear fold-out synopsis of instructions for making white and red wines. A Prohibition-era winemaking book, with detailed instructions for the home vintner, with interesting chapter on false and sick wines. Noling p. 427, Gabler G40410. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages .
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Atlas P.L.M. Jura, Burgundy
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Paris: J. Barreau, Imp. Edit.; Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, No Date. Quarto-sized booklet, stapled in wrappers (26.5 x 19 cm.), 19, [1] pages. Illustrated with two maps in black and red, and with two color plates, and many black and white illustrations in the text. The text is a review of towns and cities in the Jura and Burgundy, with small, inset photographic images of famous buildings in each. In illustrated beige wrappers, decorated and titled in dark green, burgundy, and gilt. Fine.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Astronomer Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder
by [Omar Khayyam]; Fitzgerald, Edward
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Boston; Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Company; [at the Riverside Press], 1891. Thick octavo (22 x 16 cm.), 77, [1] numbered leaves, printed rectos only; all pages bordered in red. Later printing, styled "Eighteenth American Edition". The "most famous of the poems that espouse wine as a hedonsistic or epicurean device" (Gabler, Wine into Words, page 93). Internally very clean and sound; in publisher's brown cloth, brown and gilt-titled and decorated. Fine. [OCLC locates no copies with the 1891 date, but many other HM printings of adjacent years; Gabler, page 93 (see note)].
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT.
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night. Charles Scribner's Sons Revised Edition. Copyright page states 1933, 1934 L-2.67 [Col]. UNDATED, Circa 1958. With $4.50 Unclipped original white black and gold Charles Scribner's unclipped dust jacket. ALSO page count is just 315 pages, shorter than the First Edition. Used. Very Good Condition/ Very Good- Black boards with gilt titling on spine. EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS DUST JACKET. Unable to find any other copies on the net whatsoever. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼.
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Bouchonnier [Wine Cork Maker]: Engraving from Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
by Bénard, Robert (1734-1777)
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Paris: Chez Briasson, David & Le Breton, 1762-1767.. 39 x 25.5 cm. One plate with page of letterpress description.
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Etablissements Nicolas. Liste Des Grands Vins fins. 1934.
by Latour, Alfred, illusstrator
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Paris: Etablissements Nicolas, 1949.. Wine Menu. Color woodcut plates by Latour. 34 pp. Spiralbound.
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LA VIGNE ET LE VIN: Etude Generale
by Peyre, Docteur P. (Paul). Preface de Edouard Barthe
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Paris: Jouve, 1949. First edition. Paperback. Sunning to spine and edges, else fine. 132 pp., illustrated with 3 engraved plates, 1 photographic plate, 8vo, original printed wrappers with engraved grapevine ornament on front wrapper. A scientific study of the vine and wine by a doctor of pharmacy. 2-page errata list at front, extensive bibliography. Scarce.
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The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
by Husmann, George
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NY: George E. Woodward. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and heavily worn, spine cracked, pages toned and some loose and chipped at edges, some soiling to pages. 1870. Later Printing. Hardcover. Purple cloth titled in gilt on spine. Wood engravings of grape varieties, casks, and other oenological subjects. Describes grape varieties, winemaking, grape culture and statistics for establishing vineyards and expected yields for a few grape varieties, including Catawba and Concord. Four page purple printed publisher's list bound in front index. Gabler p. 136, Cagle 394, Amerine 1855, Noling p. 217. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages .
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