Instruction Sur Les Moyens De Suppleer le Sucre Dans Les Principaux Usages Qu’on En Fait Pour La Medecine Et L’Economie Domestique.

PARMENTIER, M.

$300.00

Item Number: 114368

A Paris: Chez Maquignon aine, Librarie, rue de lEcole de Medecine, 1808.

First edition of this rare work on vinification. Octavo, contemporary if not original wrappers. In very good condition.

Gastronomy and viticulture have historically defined French regional and national identity and, at the turn of the 20th century, accounts of regional recipes, products, manners and customs penned by local dignitaries became a competitive practice.