One of the main works about viticulture
One of the main works from the 18th Century about viticulture.
BIDET, Nicolas. Traité sur la nature et sur la culture de la vigne ; sur le vin, la façon de le faire, et la manière de le bien gouverner. A l’usage des différens Vignobles du Royaume de France. Seconde édition. Augmentée & corrigée, par M. Bidet, de l’Académie d’Agriculture de Florence en Toscane, & Officier de la Maison du Roi. Et Revue par M. Duhamel Du Monceau. Avec Figures.
Paris, chez Savoye, 1759.
2 volumes 12mo [167 x 97 mm], I/ XXIV pp., 534, (1) f. and 3 folding plates; II/ (5) ff., 304 pp., 12 plates and 1 folding board. Bound in contemporary brown marbled calf.
The second edition, amply revised and enlarged, so much augmented that it’s almost a new book.
Vicaire 93; Simon 533; Oberlé 929; Dartois I, 88; Jöcher A.I., 1840.
That’s one of the main works from the 18th century about viticulture. It was produced under the eye of Duhamel du Monceau.
Nicolas Bidet (1709-1782) was the sommelier of the queen Marie-Antoinette. In this work, he deals with vineyards from Burgundy, the Dauphiné, the Languedoc, Provence, Auvergne, Berry, Lorraine, and from many other regions.
The 15 plates, drawn by Maugein and engraved by Choffart show wine presses, vats and of wine making instruments.
A precious copy of this rare book, the most beautiful to appear on the market since a long time, preserved in its fresh contemporary calf binding.
Provenance : Château de Voiron with the ex libris.
Price: € 7 500
