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Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a noteworthy detail captured from the 1914 wine & viticulture printed work
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  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a noteworthy detail captured from the 1914 wine & viticulture printed work
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a distinctive element from the 1914 wine & viticulture volume
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a finely preserved portion of the 1914 wine & viticulture text
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: an uncommon visual fragment of the 1914 wine & viticulture edition
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: an exquisite selection from the 1914 wine & viticulture work
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a delicate visual nuance of the 1914 wine & viticulture edition
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a rare visual excerpt of the 1914 wine & viticulture piece
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a distinctive element from the 1914 wine & viticulture piece
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a carefully chosen vignette of the 1914 wine & viticulture copy
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a noteworthy detail captured from the 1914 wine & viticulture printed work
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a distinctive element from the 1914 wine & viticulture volume
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a finely preserved portion of the 1914 wine & viticulture text
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: an uncommon visual fragment of the 1914 wine & viticulture edition
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: an exquisite selection from the 1914 wine & viticulture work
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a delicate visual nuance of the 1914 wine & viticulture edition
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a rare visual excerpt of the 1914 wine & viticulture piece
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a distinctive element from the 1914 wine & viticulture piece
  • Les Vins du Rhône by Deville, J.: a carefully chosen vignette of the 1914 wine & viticulture copy
Les Vins du Rhône

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

Deville, J.

Les Vins du Rhône
Crus principaux du Beaujolais et du Lyonnais.

1914, Lyon, Imprimerie A. Rey

First Edition

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Overview

A remarkable first edition documenting the principal wine crus of the Rhône Valley, Beaujolais, and Lyonnais regions in 1914, an essential cartographic and viticultural survey of France's most celebrated wine territories, featuring 30 photographic plates depicting vineyards, terroir, and local wine culture. Published by Rey in Lyon, this work stands as both historical document and practical guide, capturing French viticulture at a pivotal moment before the Great War transformed the wine landscape forever.

Inside the book

The text provides detailed analysis of individual communes and crus, including insights into the impact of grafting on Gamay varieties and coverage of prestigious appellations like Condrieu. The text combines practical viticulture with regional geography, making it invaluable for understanding early 20th-century French wine production. The plates are of particular interest, not only for their documentation of these now celebrated vineyards and landscapes more than a century ago, but also for their distinctly poetic tone. This quality emerges in the proud figures posed among the vines or dispersed within the landscape, offering a rare glimpse into the significance such photographic moments must have held for the community.

Why La Fenice chose it

A pre-war love letter to French terroir: learned, lavishly photographed, and poised at that poignant threshold just before modernity changed the vineyard forever.
Condition Report

Pp. 16, (30) plates with guard leaves, (20) leaves.

Original binding with title and decorative frame to the front cover; typographical note to the rear. Minor defects to the title page, with transferred traces of adhesive from an earlier plastic covering. A very good copy, free from foxing or other age-related defects.

Dimensions (inches): 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 x 1/2
About the author

J. Deville was a French viticulturist and wine writer active in the early 20th century, specializing in Rhône Valley and Beaujolais wine regions.

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