Pre-Phylloxera wine chemistry, caught at the edge of a scientific rewrite.

A domestic vine growing manual, from the garden to the altar. With provenance

Diet and the passions of the soul as both cause and cure of illness, in one of the earliest treatises to bind kitchen and medicine into a single discipline

Renaissance guide to memory with vivid woodcuts and the first image of a street bookshop.

A Phylloxera-era manual, illustrated.

A new way to grow Riesling, illustrated. With provenance

A greenhouse grape manual where English practice is reworked for German growers.

A Lutheran disputation on a biblical verse with a wine reference.

Northern lights over Venice, explained through Newtonian optics

The first training method for horse and rider published by a woman, a Paris milliner turned écuyère who trained the Tsar's own horses. Illustrated

A luminous blend of Norwegian folklore and jewel-like, sinuous Art Nouveau plates.

The Many Evils of the Goblet: Wine as Villain in Enlightenment Italy.

An illustrated encyclopedic dictionary devoted to railway and steam technology

A wine merchant's and sommelier's vademecum from the prestigious Manuels-Roret series.

Two Champagne books, and a whole industry in transition.

A gentleman’s guide to wine: sharp, witty, and unexpectedly scientific.

A milestone in seventeenth-century science, with vivid engravings of exotic naturalia.

Illustrated practical geometry for the wine trade, printed by the son of Gutenberg's collaborator.

One hundred Aesopian fables illustrated by Du Pérac after Ligorio: classical antiquity reimagined for Counter-Reformation education

A forensic manual for distinguishing disease from fraud. With provenance

Ten grapes, one portfolio, and California's first colored ampelography preserved

A monumental Renaissance costume book with over 400 lively woodcuts.