ANDRIEU (Pierre):

Le Vin et les Vins de Fruits. Analyyse du Mout et du Vin. Vinification. Sucrage. - Maladies du Vin. Etude sur les Levuresde vin Cultivees. Ddistillation. Avec 78 Figures dans le Texte.

Paris, Libraire Gauthier-Villars et Files..., 1894 FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 8vo, 226 x 138 mms., pp. x, 378, 37 [38 blank, adverts], original printed wrappers, uncut and most leaves unopened. Pierre Andrieu (1870 - 1925) published two other books on wine during his lifetime, but this one seems to have been the most succesful.

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Book number: 10005

Catalogue: Wine

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CHARLETON, Walter, M.D.

Two Discourses, The first, Concerning the Different Wits of men. The Second, a Brief Discourse concerning the various sicknesses of Wines, and their respective remedies; at this day commonly used: Delivered to the Royal Society.

London, Printed for Will. Whitwood at the Angel and Bible in Little Britain Book 1692. 12mo, 133 x 78 mms., pp. [vi], 183 [184 blank. 185 - 194 Contents, 195 - 196, recent full speckled calf, gilt spine, red morocco label; title-page slightly dusty, the Vintner part has damp stains leaving tide marks (see attached images), a few edges slightly ragged, pale age-browning throughout, a few leaves tightly bound in first part. The second discourse is devoted to wine, in particular methods for preventing their putrefaction, together with "Some Observations on the Ordering of Wines" by Christopher Merret. Merret was the first person to document that the addition of sugar to wine caused a secondary fermentation that turned it into a sparkling wine. James Gabler, Wine into Words, page 57, and Andre Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, page 86.

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Book number: 10028

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CLELAND (Charles)

Abstracts of the Several Laws and Rules That are now in Force, relating to the Importantion and Exportation of Wines into Great-Britain. With Complete Tables of the Net Duties that are to be Piad on the Importing....

London, Printed for the Author. M.dcc. xxxvii. 1737. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 4to, 262 x 200 mms., pp. xi [xii blank, xiii - xvi Names of subscribers], 172 [173 - 176 Index], later early 19th century half calf, marbled boards; spine worn, corners worn, shaken in casing, ex-library (Board of Customs).

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Book number: 10030

Catalogue: Wine

Keywords: wine law

ELLIS (John):

A Reply to "The Academy's" Review of "The Wine Question in the Light of the New Dispensation."

New York: Published by the Author, 1883. 8vo, pp. [ii], 270, original cloth, cover blocked in gilt; very slight wear to extremities, spine faded, but a very good copy. Dr. Ellis (1815 - 1896) doesn't think wine is good for you, nutritionally or spiritually. A note on the verso states that the author has not copyrighted the work, and anyone who is willing to print 1000 copies can have the plates free. A copy will also be sent free "to any reader of and believer in the doctrines revealed by the Lord in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg...." No further editions seem to have been published.

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Book number: 6211

Catalogue: Wine

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HENDERSON (Alexander Farquharson):

The History of Ancient and Modern Wines.

London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy..., 1824. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to, 270 x 21 mms., pp. xvi, 408, including half-title, with 8 engraved vignettes in text and 24 engraved initials, all on vinous themes, folding Appendix leaf between pages 380 and 381, 19th century half plum calf, with straight morocco centre, gilt borders on covers, spine gilt, red morocco label; upper front joint slightly cracked, some other slight wear, but a very good copy, with note in pencil on verso of front free end-papers and two bookplates Henderson (1779/80–1863) was born in Aberdeen, where he had his early school; he later attended the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M. D. in 1803. Oxford DNB notes "The work for which Henderson is best-known is his History of Ancient and Modern Wines (1824), an elegant book embellished by engravings of classical figures, grapes, and garlands. Henderson's account of wines and wine production was based on observations made during visits to the wine-growing districts of France, Italy, and Germany, to the sherry-producing districts of Spain, and to Portugal. His remarks about wine production in Madeira show that he had visited the island. His discussion of wines of the Cape includes comments on the methods used in production, and he remarked that the only exception to their execrable quality was found in wines from farms at the foot of Table Mountain. Henderson's copy of Edward Barry's Observations Historical, Critical and Medical on the Wines of the Ancients (1775) is extensively annotated and appears to form the basis for his own book." Gabler G-23790.

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Book number: 10003

Catalogue: Wine

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HOARE (Clement):

A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of The Grape Vine on Open Walls. Third Edition.

London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans..., 1841. Tall 8vo, 219 x 136 mms., pp. ix [x blank, xi Contents, xii blank], 210, [2], 32 [adverts], including half-title, contemporary embossed cloth, inscribed on recto of front free end-paper, "William French/ from his affectionate/ Brother Robert/ August 1858," and in pencil on half-title, "R B French/ from his affect. Father." Robert French was the grandson of the landowner and politician Robert French (1716 - 1779), and his brother was, I think, the college head and schoolmaster William French (1786 - 1849). Hoare (1789 - 1849) published this in 1835, and it was followed by a second edition in 1837. Hoare made revisions to the text for the second edition, but this third edition seems to be a straightforward reprint of the second, though more leaves of adverts at the end. The first edition was reviewed at length in The Quarterly Review (1840), with the reviewer amusingly beginning, "In this age of socialism, chartism, teetotalism, et omne quod exit in ism, when abstinence, not temperance, is preached by the apostles of order and disorder, agitation and peace, it may seem rather venturous [sic] to offer a few words in favour of the little volume before us."

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Book number: 8468

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REDDING (Cyrus):

A History and Description of Modern Wines. Second Edition, with considerable additions, and a new preface developing the system of the port wine trade.

London: Printed for Whittaker & Co...., 1836. 8vo, 220 x 136, pp. 423 [424], steel-engraved head- and tail-pieces, original embossed cloth, title in gitl on spine; some slight wear to binding and spine a little faded, but a very good copy. Although Redding (1785 - 1870) earned his living as a journalist, he is best remembered for this book, first published in 1833. Oxford DNB gives a short history of its success: "From 1841 Redding devoted himself more exclusively to books, his versatility and industry being alike remarkable. His most influential work was his History and Description of Modern Wines (1833, with later editions in 1836, 1851, and 1860); the text was based on careful personal observation and gleanings from many sources, including the treatise of 1787 by John Croft of York. By advocating the reduction of the duties on French wines, Redding's work did much to educate public opinion on this subject and to prepare the way for the rectification of the tariff in 1860, and it was superseded by J. L. W. Thudichum's Treatise on Wines only in 1894."

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Book number: 10027

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SAMMELBAND. [KING (William)]:

Tres Oratiunculae Habitae in Domo Convocationis Oxon.

Londini, Apud C. Barhutrst, & G. Hawkins... Oxonii, Apud Jacobum Fletcher [no date] [?1743]. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 244 x 203 mms., pp. 32 [last page misnumberd 22], with ornament of two cherubs and a basket of fruit on title-page. ESTC T133386: "On occasion of the degree of D.C.L. being conferred upon James, Duke of Hamilton; George Henry, Earl of Lichfield; and J. Boyle, Earl of Orrery." 4to, BOUND WITH: KING [Guilelmum]: Epistola Objurgatoria. Ad Guilielmum King, LL. D. Londini, Apud M. Cooper..., 1744. pp. [ii], 20 [21 - 23] 24- 30, with ornament on the title-page depicting a vase of flowers.. additional title-page on p. [21], "Epistola Canonici Reverendi Admodum ad Archidiaconum Reverendum Admodum." ESTC T164835: "Ostensibly an attack on Dr. King but really a parody of his opponent's Latin by King himself." BOUND WITH: KING (William): Oratio in Theatro Sheldoniano Habita Idibus Aprilibus,MDCCXLIX. Die dedicationis Bibliothecae Radclivianae. Londini, Apud. J. Carke, & W. Owen. Oxonii, Apud J. Fletcher, & S. Parker, [1749]. 4to, pp. [vi[, 34, including half-title. ESTC T135699. BOUND WITH: [ROLLESTON (Samuel)]: Oinos Krithino. A Dissertation concering the Origin and Antiquity of Barley Wine. Oxford, Printedat the TAheatre for James Fletcher....and Sold by . and J. Rivington..., 1750. 4to, pp. [5] 6 - 38 [39 - 40 Index, 41 - 43 adverts, 44 blank-. 4 items in one volume, with ms. leaf of contents in contemporary hand bound before title-page of first item, recent half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, red morocco labels. A very good copy. Of the three King items, ODNB notes, "Tres oratiunculae habitae in domo convocationis Oxon (1743), marking the granting of honorary DCL degrees to the sixth duke of Hamilton, the third earl of Lichfield, and John Boyle, fifth earl of Orrery, contrasted the virtues and patriotic independence of the honorands with the general corruption and servility of the times. Orrery was King's literary and political associate for many years, and his notable translation of Pliny's Epistles owed much to King's encouragement. King's most influential speech was undoubtedly that given on 13 April 1749 at the opening of the new Radcliffe Library, designed by King's friend James Gibbs. In this speech, printed in 1749 as Oratio in Theatro Sheldoniano habita idibus Aprilis, MDCCXLIX: die dedicationis Bibliothecae Radclivianae and reprinted in 1750, King praised the high-tory Radcliffe trustees, among whom were three Jacobites (the fourth duke of Beaufort, Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn). He went on to expound familiar themes, condemning modern luxury and invoking nostalgia for ancient virtue, and rising to an enthusiastically received peroration in which six prayers for the delivery of the nation, all commencing 'REDEAT', were generally understood to signify the restoration of the exiled Stuart family." Although ESTC attributes the Dissertation to Sameul Rolleston (d. 1766), it is often attributed to Benjamin Buckler (1716/17–1780), who is the more likely author. William Prest in his Blackstone and his Commentaries: Biography, Law, History (2009) records his purchase of wine for college cellars, and confirms that this "brief parody of biblical and classical scholarship...purports to trace the development of 'strong Liquors' as the means by which after the Fall, mankind could 'raise a gaiety and briskness of spirit...'" Combining King's show-offy Latin parodies and satires in the same volume as Prest's English mock history of barley "wine" (more like a strong ale than wine) is probably some impenetrable Oxonian in-joke, not uncommon even in the Groves of Academe today.

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Book number: 9510

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SEDGWICK (James):

A New Treatise on Liquors: Wherein the Use and Abuse of Wine, Malt-Drinks, Water, &c. Are particularly consider'd, In many Diseases, Constitutions, and Ages. With the Proper Manner of using them, Hot, or Cold, either as Physick, Diet, or Bath. Containing Plan and easy Rules for the Preservation of Health, and the Attainment of Long Life. The Whole Being a full Determination of all that hath lately been publish'd on those Subjects: Tho' chiefly contrary to the Opinions of Dr. Cheyne, Dr. Rouse, Dr. Short, Lommius, Vander Heyden, Dr. Mancock, Mr. Smith, And others.

London: Printed for Charles Rivington..., 1725. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 194 x 119 mms., pp. [viii], xviii, [xxii], 407 [408 - 410 Appendix, 411 - 414 Postscript], pp. ix and 216 misnumbered xi, 122, contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked, title in gilt on spine; extremities a bit worn, but a very good copy with the inscription "Ex Libris/ J. Mann/ 1724 [sic]/ Pnt. 0: 5. - 0" on the top margin of the recto of the second free end-paper, with a later note in pencil, noting the discrepancy between the contemporary date of purchase and the date on the title-page. Maclean, p.128; Simon, BG 1370.

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Book number: 10014

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TOVEY (Charles):

Wine and Wine Countries. A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers. New Edition.

London Whittaker & Co..., 1877. Small 8vo, 165 x 102 mms., pp. viii, 519 [520 blank, 7 [8 blank], mounted original photograph of author, steel-engraved additional frontispiece, plus 19 plates including 4 maps (French wine growing districts), and a folded facsimile sheet of an autograph contract between Lord Bronte Nelson and Woodhouse & Co., original green cloth, gilt spine; slight wear to hinges and binding, but a very good copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free end-paper, "Cl. G. Anderson, Sq[q]/ with the Authors/ compts." Charles Tovey (1812 - 1888) distinguished himself both as wine merchant and author. Born in Bristol, he spent his entire life there, and announced himself as wine merchant in the Bristol Mercury on 29 November 1834 as "already in business as an importer of wines and spirits, with a great variety of stock in bonded cellars. In particular he notes that his white wines are in 'white' (clear) glass bottles with clean white corks, as opposed to the black glass more commonly used at that period." He also added that he claimed the "merit" of importing wines from the eastern Pyrenees and Roussillon and also that increasing demand for these wines were "a surety of its excellence. One fact in regard to these Wines is not to be overlooked, they possess only about 8 to 10 per cent. of spirit, whilst the average of Peninsular Wines contain from 20 to 25 per cent." Tovey amusingly and perhaps slightly ironically observed, "Men can get together sometimes without talking of women, without talking of horses, without talking of politics; but they cannot assemble to eat a meal together without talking of wine; and they cannot talk of wine without assuming to each one of themselves an absolute infallibility in connection with that single subject, which they would shrink from asserting in relation to any other topic under the sun." The first edition was published in 1862 http://westcountrybottles.co.uk/mike4/Companies/Bristol_Companies/Tovey.html

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Book number: 10004

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VINEYARD. J. (S.):

The Vineyard; Being a Treatise shewing I. The Nature and Method of Planting, Manuring, Cultivating, and Dressing of Vines in Foreign-Parts. II. Proper Directions for Drawing, Press, Making, Keeping, Fining, and Curing all Defects in the Wine. III. An Easy and Familiar Method, of Planting and Raising Vines in England, to the greatest Perfection; illustrated with several useful Examples. IV. New Experiments in Grafting, Budding, or Inoculating; whereby all Sorts of Fruit may be much more improv'd than at present, Particularly the Peach, Apricot, Nectarine, Plumb [sic], &c. V. The best Manner of raising several Sorts of compound Fruit, which have not yet been attempted in England. Being the Observations made By a Gentleman in his Travels.

London: Printed for W. Mears..., 1727. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 190 x 110 mms., pp. [xvi], 192, engraved frontispiece (by H. Fletcher after R. Cooper), woodcut illustration on page 83, contemporary (or slightly later) panelled calf, engraved armorial bookplate (possibly that of Sir Paul Methuen) on front paste-down end-paper; top and base of spine chipped, title-page in very fine facsimile, and a very good copy. The dedication is to James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos (1674-1744), perhaps encouraging him to attempt a vineyard at Chandos, his estate in what is now Herefordshire. Although the dedication is signed "S. J.," Blanche Henrey in British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 contends (II, 450) that the work was probably by Richard Bradley (1688-1732), the botanical writer, because the publisher, Mears, was also associated with a number of Bradley's publications. The ornate armorial bookplate in this copy appears to be Chippendale in style and period, which would suggest mid to late eighteenth century, but it is anonymous. The engraver, however, signs, seemingly, as "I. Parkin, sc.", the "sc" standing for sculptor, meaning the engraver. The cherub to the left of the escutcheon holds a scroll in which a motto appears: "virtus invidiae scopus". The escutcheon displays three wolves' heads erased, and the crest is a single wolf's head erased. The text of the motto and the imagery of the wolves mark this out as a bookplate of someone in the Methuen family. An earlier and well-known plate from this distinguished British family is that of the diplomat Sir Paul Methuen (1672-1757), whose plate is Franks 20431. The Oxford DNB notes that "Methuen died, unmarried, on 11 April 1757, and was buried near his father in the south aisle of Westminster Abbey. His heir was his cousin Paul Methuen for whom he bought Corsham Court, in which to place his furniture and valuable collection of pictures." No doubt the books also went to his heir, and to Corsham Court in Wiltshire. The bookplate affixed to this copy of The Vineyard is likely the only anonymous Methuen bookplate recorded in Franks Bequest, namely Franks 20432, described by Howe as "Chippendale pictorial Armorial" and attributed to "I. Parkin, sc." The bookplate present in this copy of The Vineyard is certainly pictorial as well as armorial, with three busy cherubim flanking the escutcheon, and a globe to the left and a book to the right. The escutcheon itself, highly unusually, is depicted with depth, as a three-dimensional thing, with the proportions and monumentality of a large harp. This bookplate is very rare. I have never before handled a book fitted with an example, and the owner is not disclosed in standard works (see E. R. J. Gambier Howe, Franks Bequest; and Henry W. Fincham, Artists and Engravers of British and American Book Plates: A Book of Reference for Book Plate and Print Collectors, p. 73, the latter work recording the Methuen plate by "I. Parkin, sc.", but no other plates by this artist). I would submit that the bookplate is likely that of Sir Paul's heir, Paul Methuen (1723-1795) of Corsham Court, as the dates and style and arms fit. The obvious youthfulness of the cherubim may be meaningful. Sir Paul's earlier Jacobean plate had angels as well, but adult angels, the only anthropomorphic figures in the design. Corsham Court's Paul Methuen may have chosen to include, in the design of his own plate, a nod to being younger, so as to signal, visually, that this is the bookplate of Paul Methuen the Younger in contrast to the plate of Paul Methuen the Elder. Nevertheless, whatever the ages of the angels on the two plates indicate, this later anonymous Methuen plate is a gorgeous rococo tableaux, as beautiful as it is rare. The younger Methuen surely consulted The Vineyard himself, as the great landscape architect Capability Brown created for him an orangery as one portion of his grand landscape work for the grounds at Corsham in the 1760s. In that orangery, Methuen could easily have cultivated just such fruits as those mentioned "particularly" on the title-page of the present book: the peach, the apricot, the nectarine, and the plum. Gabler p. 289 G40200; Simon BV p.49, Bitting lists only the second edition

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Book number: 9259

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VINTNER'S COMPANY. MILBOURN (Thomas):

The Vintner's Company, Their Muniments, Plate, and eminent Members, with some account of The Ward of Vintry. Revised and Edited by Thomas Milbourn.

[London], Printed for the Vintners' Company, for Private Circulation, 1888. 4to, 260 x 192 mms., pp. [iv], 136, engraved frontispiece, 3 other plates, contemporary cream buckram, gilt spine, red morocco label; ex-library, from the Guildhall Library London, with its bookplate (overstamped "withdrawn") on the front paste-down end-paper and several other ownership stamps, pp. 9 - 28 printed on poorer quality paper, now fading, small piece torn from lower margin of E2.

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Book number: 7247

Catalogue: Wine

Keywords: wine History prose