Description
First edition of The Diseases of the Wine by J.A. Schmidt, published in 1868.
Octavo, 47pp. Quarter black leather, title on label affixed to spine, brown pebbled cloth boards. Both hinges starting. Toning throughout, soiling to boards. Complete with 8 illustrated plates, all with tissue covers, varying levels of foxing to plates. (Amerine/Borg 3003) (Gabler 35450) A scarce work.
The eight plates in this work all depict microscopic illustrations of wine diseases, as they affect the grapes at different points in the fermentation process.