Bibliotheca Bacchica. Bibliographie Raisonne des Ouvrages Imprimes avant 1800 et illustrant la soif humaine sous tous ses aspects, chez tous les peuples et dans tous les temps. Tome II. Seizieme Siècle. [ Odd volume ]

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Limited edition of 275 numbered copies. Cloth-backed boards, gilt spinme-title, 4to, vii, 255 pp. Despite the title, the coverage is limited to books before 1600: Simon had intended to publish further volumes for the 17th and 18th centuries which never appeared. "Mr. Simon did not limit his discussions to authors and books on viticulture, the art of winemaking, table manners, drunkenness, decrees and regulations relating to the wine trade, but included medical books, treatises on agriculture and even the works of classical writers such as Plato, Hippocrates, Homer, Horace, etc. from which he extracted the wine interest.The second volume, which covers the 16th century, was published in 275 numbered copies and describes 723 items. It is illustrated by 114 reproductions of title pages and woodcuts from Simon's own collection of books, not only giving a picture of 16th century life but also of book illustration in France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. It contains descriptions of some 240 books not mentioned in Vicaire's Bibliographic Gastronomique. Both volumes contain three indexes: an alphabetical index of authors; a chronological index of dates of publication; and a geographical index of the various presses. In French." - Gabler. Harry K. Schraemli's copy*, with his bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Traces of browning to board edges, otherwise Near Very Good in a chipped and edgeworn dustwrapper. Errata slip bound in. *Schraemli was a prolific writer and formed a major collection of works on gastronomy, oenophily etc which was sold by Sotheby's in 1971-72. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-50902

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