Search Results: Viticulture from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

New York: C.M.Saxton, 1862., 1862. 12mo. pp. xii, [13]-204. frontis. & text illus. original blind-stamped cloth. First published in 1852. "Chorlton's guides to cultivation of European grapes under glass were based on his experience as gardener to J.C.Green, Esq. of Staten Island. Chorlton gives a long list of European grapes suitable for indoor cultivation and suggests the American varieties isabella, catawba, diana and concord for outdoors. This was a very popular treatise and there were numerous subsequent and revised editions.". (Gabler) The work includes plans for the construction of the requisite buildings, giving the best methods for their heating, instructions on pruning, training, and methods of propagation, as well as descriptions of diseases and insects and the means to prevent and destroy them. cfAmerine & Borg 887. cfGabler G16220.. Hardcover.

[London]: B. Mitchell, [1988]., 1988. square 8vo. pp. 160. profusely illus. in colour. index. cloth. dw.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Paris: V.Masson & Fils & Bordeaux: Féret & Fils, Septembre 1868., 1868. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., iii, 471. with half-title. 73 wood-engraved plates. contemporary quarter roan (quite rubbed, lower front joint splitting, legends of some plates cropped, occasional spotting). Second Edition, revised and enlarged by Édouard Féret. A major work on the subject, frequently reprinted, which provides precise and detailed information respecting each vineyard and its production. The original edition of 1850 also included a topographical guide to the region and was illustrated with five plates. The present edition incorporates important additions, and contains a total of seventy-three wood-engraved views of the chateaux of the major vineyards. cfSimon p. 95. cfVicaire 186..

New York: Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward, 1866., 1866. 12mo. pp. viii, [9]-192, [8]ads. 8 plates (incl. in pagination). text illus. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (rubbed & spotted, spine ends frayed, insitutional bookplate, label on lower spine, & blindstamp on title, marginal dampstaining). First Edition. Amerine & Borg 1853. Gabler 24690.. F. Hardcover.

Paris: E.Plon Et Cie., 1878., 1878. 2 Parts in 1. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 659. with half-title & initial blank. 95 full-page (verso's blank, incl. frontis.) & numerous smaller wood-engraved text illus. A fine copy in contemporay quarter chagrin, spine richly gilt, gilt edges (light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. "Le spirituel caricaturiste passe en revue les différents crus de la Bourgogne, de la Gironde et de la Champagne et conte, avec beaucoup d'humour, une foule d'anecdotes amusantes sur les vins, les vignes, les vignerons, les propriétaires et les dégustateurs." (Vicaire) "Numerous anecdotes are given on the wines, the vineyardists, the proprietors, and tasters. The book is exceptional and, according to Vicaire, much sought." (Bitting) Bitting 38. Oberlé 409. Simon 110. Vicaire 87.. F. Hardcover.

Lisbon: Na Imprensa Nacional, 1821., 1821. 8vo. pp. 53. folding chart. modern wrs..

Porto: Typographia da Revista, 1842., 1842. 8vo. pp. 15, [1]; 16; 10, 32. wood-engraved title vignettes. modern wrs. (dampstaining to lower portion of some leaves, foxing)..

London: Printed For Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, And Longman, And Mason And Son, 1837. Second Edition. First published in 1835. Hoare’s treatise became the standard reference work on this manner of viticulture. The last chapter is a descriptive catalogue of twelve sorts of grapes most suitably adapted for culture on open walls. Gabler G24040n. 8vo. pp. vii, [2 leaves], 210 + 16(ads). with half-title. several text illus. Untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth (spine ends frayed, front board cracked). Inscribed from the Author

Paris: A.Bobée, [c182?]. 8vo. pp. 118. modern wrs. uncut. (foxing to outer leaves)..

London: Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme, [1805]. Second Edition of what Henrey describes as the most important and influential work on viticulture published in England in the eighteenth century (first published in quarto format in 1790). The author was gardener to William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of Portland on his estate of Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire. Included here are descriptions of fifty types of grapes, selected from the over one hundred varieties grown at Welbeck. Gabler 37900. Henrey 1376, II p. 481. cfSimon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica, 1410. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xv, 300, [24]. with half-title. 6 folding engraved plates. 19th century half calf (spine worn, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, dampstain to upper margin of second half of text, paper lightly embrowned, foxing to first few leaves, short splits in plate folds)