Alexandre-Edouard LESDOS (Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU)
[OENOLOGIE] Souvenirs de Saint-Émilion suivis d'une notice sur la maison de J.-J. Rousseau, à Montmorency et sur le château de Montesquieu à La Brède
[OENOLOGY] Souvenirs of Saint-Émilion followed by a note on the house of J.-J. Rousseau in Montmorency and on Montesquieu’s château at La Brède]
Imprimerie de Thomine|Cherbourg 1846|13.2 x 21 cm|Broché
Rare first edition.
Our copy is issued in its original state, unbound and preserved in wrappers.
Not recorded by Oberlé. Only two copies located in the CCFr (Cherbourg and Montpellier).
Alexandre Lesdos (1813-1865) was a member of the Société d'Agriculture and of the Société Académique de Cherbourg.
In this work, he devotes an entire chapter to the wines of Saint-Émilion, noted for their "bouquet as delicate as that of the violet." (our own translation)
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