Le Pays de Sauternes et les vins blancs de cantons de Podensac et de Langon. Illustration par Eug. Vergez.
Bordeaux - Paris: Feret & Fils, Éditeurs - Libraires Associés, 1897. With 2 folding coloured maps and 22 views of chateaux. First edition. In original gilt cloth. 70, (2) p. and 2 folding coloured maps. Ownership stamp of a Bordeaux winery on inner pastedown. In fine condition.
A monograph about white wine producers in Podensac and Langon. Lists the most important owners of the area, with illustrations of their chateaux (Yquem, Guiraud, Raymond-Lafon, Lafon, Rayne-Vigneau, La Tour Blanche, Rabaut, Climens, Mirat, Cantegril, Guiteronde, Ducasse, Camperos, Barreyre, Rolland, Suduiraut, Rochers, Peyron, Respide, Domaine des Tilleuls, Mauves, d’Arricaud). Between pp. 60–72 a list of the publisher’s books on viticulture.
Significant and scarce book on viticulture of the area. We could trace only one copy in institutional holdings worldwide.
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Price: €2,000.00