Malvezin, Théophile & Féret, Édouard

Le Medoc et Ses Vins de Bordeaux...

Bordeaux, Féret & Fils Éditeurs, 1876.
Second-hand softcover

Malvezin, Théophile & Féret, Édouard. Le Medoc et Ses Vins de Bordeaux a Soulac: guide vinicole et pittoresque. Féret & Fils Éditeurs: Bordeaux, 1876. 8vo (190x120mm) original wrappers, viii,[9]-136,[141]-151,[3 local adverts]pp. In French

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MALVEZIN, Théophile (1825 - ?) and FÉRET, Édouard (1844 - 1909)

Le Médoc et Ses Vins: guide vinicole et pittoresque de Bordeaux a Soulac - ouvrage orné de vignettes et d'une carte du Médoc.

Bordeaux : Féret & Fils, Éditeurs and Paris : G Masson, Éditeur. 1876. First edition.

Octavo (190x120mm) original publisher's yellow printed wrappers, viii,[9]-136,[141]-151,[3 local advertisements]pp : π⁸,[1]⁸,2-9⁸; engraved frontispiece by Dumont, folding three-colour map of the Médoc (440x265mm) by Imprimerie Nouvelle A Bellier, 8 engraved vignettes of Chateau (mostly First Growths).  In French.  Unopened; wrappers chipped and worn, small loss to spine and edges, lightly soiled; faintly foxed throughout mostly to the margins and edges; fragile.

There are five chapters addressing: the terrain and terroir of the Médoc; the history of the vine and wine in the Médoc; the distinctive qualities of Médoc wine, the practices of the negociants and the consumption of wine; a guide to visiting the Médoc and its Chateau, listing almost 80 destinations with directions for travel by train and by road.

Malvezin was the author of several works connected with Bordeaux including Michel de Montaigne and L'Historie des Juifs à Bordeaux.  His vineyard Chateau-Picourneau at Cissac is illustrated in Chapter V.  Édouard was the son of the founder of Féret & Fils, publisher of the eponymous guide to Bordeaux known simply as Feret's.  Edouard was also a published author of Statistique Générale de la Gironde.

A scarce and ephemeral pocket guide to the Médoc presumably for tourists to Bordeaux that provides a distinctive snapshot of the wine trade and wine production in the Gironde at the height of the phylloxera vastatrix crisis.

§  OCLC records only ten holdings in France, Denmark, the USA and the UK.
§  Simon BV p.95; Not in Vicaire, Cagle, nor Oberlé Fastes or Fritsch;

Item #10084

Price: $750.00 AUD