Wine & Viticulture

A dedicated collection of early printed books and treatises documenting the history of wine, viticulture, and estate management. 

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  • Notice sur la fabrication des vins

    Glady, Eugene

    Notice sur la fabrication des vins

    1875 - France

    First Edition

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

    ¥72,300 JPY
  • Les origines du cru de Haut-Brion-La Mission

    Ferbos, René

    Les origines du cru de Haut-Brion-La Mission

    1924 - France

    First Edition

    The claim to the Haut-Brion name traced back to 1682, with period newspaper clippings laid in. Inscribed by the author.

    ¥104,300 JPY
  • Les Vins de Bordeaux

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

    Les Vins de Bordeaux

    1867 - France

    First Edition

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

    ¥40,200 JPY
  • Bordeaux à vol d'oiseau.

    Vène, Alexandre

    Bordeaux à vol d'oiseau.

    1867 - France

    First Edition

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

    ¥56,200 JPY
  • Viticulture et Vinification en Bordelais au Moyen Age

    Barennes, Jean

    Viticulture et Vinification en Bordelais au Moyen Age

    1912 - France

    First Edition

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

    ¥32,100 JPY
  • Grapes And Grape Vines Of California

    Bosqui, Edward

    Grapes And Grape Vines Of California

    1980 - United States

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

    ¥401,200 JPY
  • Revue trimestrielle de la Station Viticole de Villefranche (Rhône)

    Vermorel, Victor

    Revue trimestrielle de la Station Viticole de Villefranche (Rhône)

    1890 - France

    First Edition

    Privately funded French vine science, with chromolithograph and folding field plans.

    ¥35,300 JPY
  • De la graisse des vins

    Herpin, Jean Charles

    De la graisse des vins

    1819 - France

    Second Edition

    Early scientific pamphlet on wine diseases.

    ¥41,800 JPY
  • Essai sur l'Histoire des Vins de la Champagne. Bound with: Recherches (...) sur la culture de la Vigne (...) et la confection des vins de Champagne

    Sutaine, Max; Plonquet, J.L.

    Essai sur l'Histoire des Vins de la Champagne. Bound with: Recherches (...) sur la culture de la Vigne (...) et la confection des vins de Champagne

    1845 - France

    First Edition

    Two Champagne books, and a whole industry in transition.

    ¥100,300 JPY
  • La culture des vignes, la vinification et les vins dans le Médoc

    Armailhacq, Albert D'

    La culture des vignes, la vinification et les vins dans le Médoc

    1855 - France

    Third Edition

    A Medoc shadow-classification printed in the year of the 1855 ranking.

    ¥136,400 JPY
  • Rheinlands Weine

    Various Authors

    Rheinlands Weine

    1928 - Germany

    First Edition

    Weimar wine culture: Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer in words and images.

    ¥28,900 JPY
  • Hocks and Moselles

    Rudd, Hugh R.

    Hocks and Moselles

    1935 - Germany

    First Edition

    Interwar Britain explains German wine through taste, travel, and bottle shapes.

    ¥35,300 JPY
  • Anleitung auf die nützlichste und genussvollste Art den Rhein von Schafhausen bis Holland, die Mosel von Coblenz bis Trier

    Schreiber, Aloys

    Anleitung auf die nützlichste und genussvollste Art den Rhein von Schafhausen bis Holland, die Mosel von Coblenz bis Trier

    1818 - Germany

    Vineyards of Riesling and Orleans, Romantic Rhine, mapped for the enlightened traveler.

    ¥67,400 JPY
  • Encyclopedie-Roret - Nouveau manuel complet du Sommelier et du Marchand de vins

    Maigne, P.

    Encyclopedie-Roret - Nouveau manuel complet du Sommelier et du Marchand de vins

    1884 - France

    First Edition

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

    ¥20,900 JPY
  • Le Pays et le Vin Beaujolais

    Foillard, Léon; David, Tony

    Le Pays et le Vin Beaujolais

    1929 - France

    First Edition

    Mapped and Illustrated Beaujolais: terroir, memory, and wine in a literary homage.

    ¥24,100 JPY
  • Le vigneronnage en Beaujolais

    Myard, François

    Le vigneronnage en Beaujolais

    1907 - France

    First Edition

    A unique sharecropping system, a later note by the author and crisis-year relevance.

    ¥40,200 JPY
  • Trois jours en Beaujolais

    (Vermorel, Victor)

    Trois jours en Beaujolais

    1901 - France

    Pioneering wine tourism guide through Beaujolais by renowned viticulturist Vermorel, with period photographs.

    ¥20,900 JPY
  • Le Petit Vigneron

    Dubet, J.

    Le Petit Vigneron

    1910 - France

    First Edition

    From Roman heat to mustimeter math: a practical vigneron's manual in transition.

    ¥31,300 JPY
  • Wine and Wine Countries

    Tovey, Charles

    Wine and Wine Countries

    1862 - England

    First Edition

    Victorian wine data across the world.

    ¥91,500 JPY
  • The cultivation of the native grape and manufacture of American wines

    Husmann, George

    The cultivation of the native grape and manufacture of American wines

    1866 - United States

    First Edition

    Foundational American viticulture manual: native grapes, vineyard craft, winemaking.

    ¥35,300 JPY
  • Every man his own butler

    Redding, Cyrus

    Every man his own butler

    1839 - England

    First Edition

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

    ¥113,200 JPY
  • A History And Description Of Modern Wines

    Redding, Cyrus

    A History And Description Of Modern Wines

    1833 - England

    First Edition

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

    ¥72,300 JPY
  • La Question Des Vignes Americaines

    Millardet, Alexis

    La Question Des Vignes Americaines

    1877 - France

    First Edition

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

    ¥112,400 JPY
  • Le Vin de nos Vignes

    Foillard, Léon

    Le Vin de nos Vignes

    1950 - France

    First Edition

    Mid-century Beaujolais memory literature.

    ¥12,900 JPY

Wine & Viticulture

These volumes trace the evolution of oenology from early modern agricultural manuals to nineteenth-century scientific studies of terroir and fermentation. Encompassing foundational texts on ampelography, regional practices, and the commerce of wine, the selection offers a bibliographically grounded perspective on the intersection of agriculture, chemistry, and culture.

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