ROZIER (François). - Lot 136

ROZIER (François). Memoir on the best way to make and manage wines, either for use or to make them pass the dishes. A useful work for all countries with vineyards, which won the prize at the judgement of the Academy of Marseille, in the year 1770 . - In-8, 198 x 124 : pp. (iij)-viij, 350 pp, (1 f.), 3 plates. Marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). New edition of this excellent dissertation on the art of wine, a real manual for vineyard owners in the South of France. It was written by the agronomist François Rozier (1734-1793) from his own experience, and received the prize of the Academy of Marseille in 1770. It is supplemented here by three other very interesting essays: Sur les moyens employés pour renouveler une vigne (On the means used to renew a vineyard), Sur les usages économiques des différentes parties de la vigne (On the economic uses of the different parts of the vineyard), and Sur les vaisseaux propres à contenir et à perfectionner le vin (On the vessels suitable for containing and perfecting wine), and sur les objets qui y ont rapport. The edition is illustrated with 3 folding plates. A very good copy in contemporary binding . The false title is missing.