Le Vignoble & le Vin de Champagne
Paris, Louis Larmat, 1951. Chappaz, Georges. Le Vignoble & le Vin de Champagne (Vignobles de Vins Fins & Eaux-de-Vie de France Tome II). Louis Larmat: Paris, 1951. 4to SC 414pp + maps. (preface by Baron P Le Roy) (In French). VG/VG
Second-hand softcover
CHAPPAZ, Georges. (1874-1953)
Vignobles de Vins Fins & Eaux-de-Vie de France: Tome II - Le Vignoble & Le Vin de Champagne¹.
Paris : Louis Larmat, 1951. First edition; limited #123/350 on Velin Roto-Aussedat. Preface by Baron P.Le Roy. In French
Octavo (235x185mm) printed cream heavy paper wrappers, french fold, xvi,[2],413,[1]pp : [1]8, 2 - 278. Thirty-two out-of-text héliogravures, twenty-nine in-text illustrations, folding colour map 'Le Vins de Champagne' from Atlas de Viticole de France. Small neat previous owner stamp to front free endpaper and to a few margins; old offset tape marks to free endpapers; edges untrimmed and faintly toned, else fine.
The second and last title in the Collection Vignobles de Vins Fins et Eaux-de-vie de France produced by the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine.
Chappaz was the French civil servant tasked in 1919 with the recovery of the Champagne industry after WWI. Over the next 30 years he was an ardent promoter and supporter of the Champagne region; assisting the region to recover, define its legal boundaries, unify its producers and address technical challenges. His expertise in viticulture and agriculture combined with his administrative background made Champagne the region it is today.
A landmark monograph work on Champagne. Scarce. An excellent copy.
§ OCLC records 26 holdings most in the Americas and France; only one holding in Asia or Australiasia, SLSA
§ EUVS; not in Noling; Oberlé Fritsch 351
¹ Translated "The Vineyard and the Wines of Champagne"
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