Lot 275: ESTIENNE, CHARLES.

Vinetum. In quo varia vitium, uvarum, vinorum, antiqua, latina, vulgariaque nomina. Paris: François Estienne, 1537

Condition Note: 8vo (171 x 103mm.), woodcut device on title, errata leaf at the end, nineteenth-century polished calf, gilt edges

PROVENANCE

André Simon, bookplate
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

Simon, BB ii, 233; Vicaire 343; Schreiber 116; Renouard p.97, no. 2
CATALOGUE NOTE

first edition. This treatise on wine includes a long listing of French growths, with their names in Latin and French, and indices of French and Latin vinicultural terms. An Italian translation was published in 1545.