Lot 99

Chaptal, Jean-Antoine

Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
£419
Description
L'art de faire, gouverner et perfectionner les vins. Paris: Delalain, de l'imprimerie de Marchant, 1801, 8vo (194 x 123mm.), modern morocco-backed boards, early wrapper with printer's waste bound in
Footnote
Note: First edition of Chaptal's first major treatise on wine-making. This is the first issue, as it also has "de l'imprimerie de Marchant" in the imprint.
Oberlé 949; cf. Vicaire col.164 (Second edition of 1819)
