[Sammelband – drink]

[Six rare booklets on spirits, wine, health, and viticulture].

Various: 1863-1902.

Duodecimo with six pamphlet volumes, bound together in black cloth with handwritten spine label with titles. Texts in French and English. Printed label to preliminary blank reads, "With compliments of G.S. Nicholas, sole agent for U.S." ~ Six volumes – all rare – bound as one, that cover topics related to viticulture, oenology, spirits, and alcoholism. ~ 1. “Scotch Whisky.” The Illustrated London News, August 30th, 1890. 1890. 32 pages. Illustrated black and white plates throughout. Offprint, lacks wrappers. [OCLC locates no copies]. 2. Galtier-Boissière, Dr. L’Antialcoolisme : En Histories Vraies. Paris: Librairie Larousse, undated. 96 pages. Stated sixth edition. Lacks wrappers. [OCLC locates no copies]. 3. Blanc, Leon. The Gouty at Aix-Les-Bains : Diet and Treatment. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1902. 34 pages. Lacks wrappers. [OCLC locates six copies]. 4. De La Vergne, M. Instruction pratique pour le soufrage de la vigne et resultats d’observations nouvelles sur l’oidium, le soufre et les mélanges sulfureux. Paris: Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, 1863. 81 pages. Stated third edition. [OCLC locates sixteen copies]. 5. Mestre, C. La vérité sur les vins cuivrés. Bordeaux: Imprimerie J. Pechade, 1891. 12 pages. Fold-out plate (22 x 38 cm). [OCLC locates one copy, at the Université Bordeaux]. 6. Bisset, G.F. De la situation actuelle de la viticulture et des moyens d’y remédier. Montpellier/Paris: Aux Bureaux du Progrés/ Georges Masson, Libraire-Editeur, 1889. 43 pages. Stated second edition. [OCLC locates two copies, at Bibliothèque interuniversitaire Sainte-Geneviève and Bibliothèque nationale de France]. ~ Black cloth with some rubbing; handwritten paper spine label; some mild foxing throughout, otherwise very good.

Price: $750.00