A picture of Bordeaux, late 1880s: a wine guide, a popular poet, a trade almanac, and a women's satire bound as one.

Rare first edition documenting Rhône and Beaujolais crus with 30 photographic plates.

A prequel to Vermentino’s comeback.

A call to save Bordeaux's wine trade from phylloxera

An early milestone in the rise of the modern restaurant, 1780.

Over 400 woodcuts for one of the foundational books of modern ichthyology

Unlock the secrets of palm-reading and physiognomy… maybe.

Sulfur enters the vineyard as a remedy, and travels across Europe in a few months. With provenance

A nineteenth-century laboratory where chocolate, wine, and spirits learn to behave scientifically.

Esca vine disease insights from 1898 that still speak to today’s vintners.

A comet first observed through a telescope, Galileo's misstep, Gingerich provenance, and splendid constellation illustrations

Pruning beyond seasonal superstition, in blue paper.

Limited edition of the 1853 treatise on grape disease prevention by renowned botanist Trevisan.

Practical vineyard manual with large fold-out plate of training and trellising systems.

Rare 1883 Italian treatise on wine preservation methods for the rainy 1882 harvest.

Vineyard memory and expertise, with a lyric and human tone.

Stevenson’s Napa: Wine Before the Boom.

A cellar manifesto against routine, from pre-phylloxera Bordeaux.

Half the fun is in the hunt: can you spot the curious doubles among the plates?

Setting the Table in Style: Massialot’s Culinary Optics.

45 plates of water architecture of 16-century Rome

An illustrated cornerstone of mid-19th century American viticultural literature.

Gasparrini names the vine plague haunting Southern Italy’s vineyards.