Ampelographie Rhenane ou Description Caracteristique, Historique, Synonymique, Agronomique et Economique des Cepages les Plus Estimes

Paris and Mulhouse: Dusacq and J. P. Risler, 1852.
First Edition.

29cm x 22.5cm. [iv], xii, 264, [2] pages, 32 plates. Later half leather over earlier marbled papered boards. Text is in French.

One of the foundational texts of European ampelography with 30 colour lithorgraphs of grapes, grapevines and leaves. The standard work on Alsace and southern German grape varieties, wine, and viticultural history in the Rhine Valley.

Ex-Royal Joseph University of Technology, stamps to title page and verso, no other library marks. Later reback with hinges reinforced, some rubbing to boards. Foxing to first few leaves of text, else minor. Very Good Condition.

AU$4,000.00

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