Nicolas BIDET. 2-Volume Set. - Lot 64

Nicolas BIDET. 2-Volume Set. Treatise on the Nature and Cultivation of Vines; on Wine, How to Make It, and How to Manage It Properly. For Use by the Various Vineyards of the Kingdom of France. Second Edition. Expanded and corrected by Mr. Bidet and revised by Mr. Du Hamel du Monceau, with illustrations. Paris: Savoye, 1759. Volumes I and II. In-12, full marbled fawn basnae leather binding, decorated ribbed spine, and marbled edges. Wear, scuffing, binding damage, heavily used volumes, interior stains, tears on some plates, pinholes, and wormholes. Volume I: Pl. 1–P. 261 detached but present; end of volume: part of one plate is missing, and Pl. 2 is complete. Volume II: Pl. 1–P. 76, Pl. 2–P. 97, Pl. 3–P. 193, Pl. 4–P. 216, fold-out table on P. 281, and Pl. 5–12 at the end of the volume. Lot pickup will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2026, by appointment, in Paris’s 15th arrondissement (Metro: Pasteur). [The exact address will be provided after full payment of the invoice, when the appointment is scheduled]

Estimate:$89.63

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