BIDET, Nicolas. 2-Volume Set. - Lot 21

BIDET, Nicolas. 2-Volume Set. Treatise on the Nature and Cultivation of the Vine; on Wine, the Art of Making It, and the Proper Management of It. 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, and damage to the binding; 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. Items may be picked up by appointment starting July 23 in Paris’s 15th arrondissement (Metro: Pasteur), free of charge through September 15.