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  • Metodo razionale per piantare una vigna la quale fruttificasse presto by Zita, Achille: a noteworthy detail captured from the 1876 wine & viticulture printed work

    Metodo razionale per piantare una vigna la quale fruttificasse presto

    Zita, Achille

    Metodo razionale per piantare una vigna la quale fruttificasse presto

    1876

    First Edition

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

    £80.00 GBP
  • Catalogo Generale Descrittivo by Ditta Farina, a rare representative view of the 1883 - wine book.

    Catalogo Generale Descrittivo

    Ditta Farina

    Catalogo Generale Descrittivo

    1883

    Phylloxera-free, richly printed, and packed with grape lore in disguise.

    £61.00 GBP
  • Il Bacco In Romagna by Piolanti, Giuseppe, a rare representative view of the 1839 - wine book.

    Il Bacco In Romagna

    Piolanti, Giuseppe

    Il Bacco In Romagna

    1839

    Romagna's wines, Redi-style verse, and a deluge of footnotes: cheers to excess.

    £319.00 GBP
  • Bacco In Toscana by Redi, Francesco, a rare image from the book of the 1791 - wine book.

    Bacco In Toscana

    Redi, Francesco

    Bacco In Toscana

    1791

    A witty symposium of wine, gossip, and erudition. Redi’s Ode to Tuscan Wine and Its Merry Chorus.

    £455.00 GBP
  • Lettres Patentes Du Roi by Redi, Francesco, a rare example from the work of the 1780 - gastronomy book.

    Lettres Patentes Du Roi

    Lettres Patentes Du Roi

    1780

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

    £167.00 GBP
  • Delle Varietà De' Vitigni Del Vesuvio E Del Somma by Semmola, Vincenzo, a rare example image of the 1848 - wine book.

    Delle Varietà De' Vitigni Del Vesuvio E Del Somma

    Semmola, Vincenzo

    Delle Varietà De' Vitigni Del Vesuvio E Del Somma

    1848

    First Edition

    Early Vesuvian ampelography, 112 grape types, volcanic terroir, many now vanished.

    £2,084.00 GBP
  • Atti Del Primo Congresso Per Le Malattie Della Vite by Various Authors, a rare example from the work of the 1882 - wine book.

    Atti Del Primo Congresso Per Le Malattie Della Vite

    Various Authors

    Atti Del Primo Congresso Per Le Malattie Della Vite

    1882

    Italy’s top minds unite in 1881 to save viticulture from phylloxera.

    £152.00 GBP
  • Istruzioni Per Combattere La Peronospora Della Vite by Briganti, G., a rare detail view of the 1906 - wine book.

    Istruzioni Per Combattere La Peronospora Della Vite

    Briganti, G.

    Istruzioni Per Combattere La Peronospora Della Vite

    1906

    Early Apulian use of Bordeaux mixture via Cavazza and Menozzi formulas.

    £91.00 GBP
  • Cursus Theologicus by Giovio, Paolo, a rare example from the work of the 1706 - classics book.

    Cursus Theologicus

    Gervasius Brisacensis

    Cursus Theologicus

    1706

    Early 18th-century vellum binding with curious provenance.

    £190.00 GBP
  • Dell'Agricoltura Libri Tre by Da Firenzuola, Girolamo , a rare notable image of the 1871 - wine book.

    Dell'Agricoltura Libri Tre

    Da Firenzuola, Girolamo

    Dell'Agricoltura Libri Tre

    1871

    First Edition

    Misquoted into Obscurity: Firenzuola, history of the first mention of Sangiovese.

    £364.00 GBP
  • Arte Magica Annichilata by Maffei, Francesco Scipione, a rare sample view of the 1754 - curiosa & occulta book.

    Arte Magica Annichilata

    Maffei, Francesco Scipione

    Arte Magica Annichilata

    1754

    First Edition

    Rare 1754 treatise, Maffei’s reasoned reply to witchcraft panic.

    £531.00 GBP
  • A History And Description Of Modern Wines by Redding, Cyrus, a rare interior highlight of the 1833 - wine book.

    A History And Description Of Modern Wines

    Redding, Cyrus

    A History And Description Of Modern Wines

    1833

    First Edition

    The First Modern Wine Book: Redding’s Manifesto in a Bottle.

    £341.00 GBP
  • The Mourning After by Girtin Forbes, John, a rare example from the work of the 1947 - wine book.

    The Mourning After

    Girtin Forbes, John

    The Mourning After

    1947

    First Edition

    A Hangover Handbook with a Wink: Postwar Remedies for the Morning After.

    £61.00 GBP
  • Arte Di Fare Il Vino Per La Lombardia Austriaca by Fabbroni, Adamo, a rare view of the 1790 - wine book.

    Arte Di Fare Il Vino Per La Lombardia Austriaca

    Fabbroni, Adamo

    Arte Di Fare Il Vino Per La Lombardia Austriaca

    1790

    First Edition

    Tuscany’s Wine Sage Sent North: Fabbroni’s Fix for Lombardy.

    £1,705.00 GBP
  • Vivai Di Viti Americane by Strucchi, Arnaldo, a rare highlighted image of the 1930 - wine book.

    Vivai Di Viti Americane

    Strucchi, Arnaldo

    Vivai Di Viti Americane

    1930

    The Grafting Revolution Takes Root in Italy.

    £54.00 GBP
  • La Question Des Vignes Americaines

    La Question Des Vignes Americaines

    Millardet, Alexis

    La Question Des Vignes Americaines

    1877

    First Edition

    Millardet's (Signed) Manifesto: The Turning Point in the Phylloxera War

    £531.00 GBP
  • Vite E Vino A Venezia by Bosisio, Achille, a rare selected detail of the 1963 - wine book.

    Vite E Vino A Venezia

    Bosisio, Achille

    Vite E Vino A Venezia

    1963

    First Edition

    Tracing Wine’s Tide in the Floating City.

    £54.00 GBP
  • Eyn new Kunstlichs wolgegründts Visierbüchl by Kern, Ulrich: an uncommon visual fragment of the 1531 early science & crafts printed work

    Eyn new Kunstlichs wolgegründts Visierbüchl

    Kern, Ulrich

    Eyn new Kunstlichs wolgegründts Visierbüchl

    1531

    First Edition

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

    £2,880.00 GBP
  • La grande danse macabre by Anonymous: a rare visual excerpt of the 1728 illustrated wonders edition

    La grande danse macabre

    Anonymous

    La grande danse macabre

    1728

    Fully illustrated Bibliothèque bleue edition (with noble provenance) of one of the most famous books of the late Middle Ages.

    £2,425.00 GBP
  • Notice sur la fabrication des vins by Glady, Eugene: a scarce visual specimen of the 1875 wine & viticulture volume

    Notice sur la fabrication des vins

    Glady, Eugene

    Notice sur la fabrication des vins

    1875

    First Edition

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

    £341.00 GBP
  • Les Vins de Bordeaux. by Chasteigner, Paul de. Verdié, Antoine. Féret, Édouard. Le Doux, Jacques: a distinguished excerpt from the 1869 wine & viticulture treatise

    Les Vins de Bordeaux.

    Chasteigner, Paul de. Verdié, Antoine. Féret, Édouard. Le Doux, Jacques

    Les Vins de Bordeaux.

    1869

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

    £607.00 GBP
  • Viticulture et Vinification en Bordelais au Moyen Age by Barennes, Jean: a precious visual instance of the 1912 wine & viticulture publication

    Viticulture et Vinification en Bordelais au Moyen Age

    Barennes, Jean

    Viticulture et Vinification en Bordelais au Moyen Age

    1912

    First Edition

    1 of 15 papier à bras copies inscribed by the author as he left the Gironde archives for the Bordeaux spirits trade.

    £152.00 GBP
  • Les Vins de Bordeaux by Chasteigner, Paul de (V.te P. de C.): a noteworthy detail captured from the 1867 wine & viticulture edition

    Les Vins de Bordeaux

    Chasteigner, Paul de (V.te P. de C.)

    Les Vins de Bordeaux

    1867

    First Edition

    The embryo of a pamphlet destined for wide circulation, with a curious handwritten note.

    £190.00 GBP
  • Bordeaux à vol d'oiseau. by Vène, Alexandre: a finely chosen detail from the 1867 wine & viticulture publication

    Bordeaux à vol d'oiseau.

    Vène, Alexandre

    Bordeaux à vol d'oiseau.

    1867

    First Edition

    A forgotten bird's-eye view of Bordeaux wine, from cépages and soils to the trade.

    £266.00 GBP

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