An early fermentation theory, tested with artificial must - and noticed by Jefferson

A Portuguese history of creation, between the Bible and Science

First edition of the only written treatise by a Versailles écuyer, with nine plates

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 week by week guide to training vines on open walls near Chichester, UK. With provenance

Plain explanations of Pasteurian chemistry in Italian cellar, illustrated

63 colored plates of South European wild orchids, with the author's own presentation inscription

An 1820s sammelband with Port wine in a storm: monopoly, free trade, taxation, and the fight for control

An English fruit-and-vine manual adapted for America, just as European vinifera met a very different reality

First edition of the first printed French manual of silk design, published against the wishes of the Lyon silk guild

A pocket guide to Armour's global pork trade, from the days when Dale Carnegie was one of its salesmen