La Bourgogne Revue 1859-1860

Ladrey, C. La Bourgogne: revue oenologique et viticole - 1859-1860. [FIRST EDITION] Antoine Maitre, Libraire-Éditeur: Dijon, 1859-1860. 2 Vols 8vo (250x160mm) qtr bnd red morocco, gilt lettered, red marbled bds

LADREY, C [Claude (1823 - 1885)]

La Bourgogne: revue oenologique et viticole [two volumes 1859 and 1860]

Dijon : Antoine Maire, Libraire-Éditeur, 1859-1860. First editions. Printed by Imp. J.-E. Rabutôt, Dijon.


Both volumes octavo (250x160mm) recent quarter bound red morocco, gilt lettered spine in five compartments, marbled red dutch paper boards, new endpapers, original wrappers, faintly soiled bound in, top edge trimmed; bookseller ticket "JLC Bibliothèque" to front paste-down.  In French.  Very faint foxing to a few pages, a few margins lightly soiled; a few pencilled marginal notes particularly in the various bibliographies.

Volume One - 1859:  [4],763,[1]pp : π²,48⁸. Folding colour lithograph map of Burgundy, by Eug. Jobard, Dijon; twelve engraved/woodblock illustrations with occasional tables; p.189 mistrimmed, p.213 small misprint still legible, p.658 small hole to gutter margin not affecting the text; small paper repair to map lower corner margin.

Volume Two - 1860:  [4],764pp : π²,48⁸.  Three engraved illustrations by Eug. Jobard; pps.23, 131, 185, 473-80, mistrimmed; small closed tear to p.273 top edge; small chip to edge pps.343, 503; faint stain to top edge; pps.761-764 unopened.

La Bourgogne was a periodical published in Dijon between 1859 and 1861.  Available by subscription, apparently in monthly parts, here years 1 and 2 are bound as annuals. In 1862, Ladrey expanded the remit of the publication and reissued it as Revue viticole : annales de la viticulture et de l'oenologie françaises et étrangères.  It continued to be published until 1864.


La Bourgogne provides a fascinating insight into the French wine industry centered upon the Cote du Bourgogne around 1860 (pre-phylloxera).  Well indexed under headings, the periodical is a series of substantial articles from a large number of authors on a wide range of technical and economic issues relevant to vineyard managers, wine makers, consumers and academics.  Topics include Historie de la Vigne et du vin; Bibliographie; Enseignment oenologique et Viticole; Etudes, statistiques, topographiques et méteorologiques sur les vignobles; Faune et Flore des Vignes; De la L'Art De Faire Le Vigne et des phénoménes qui accompagnent sa végétation; Accidents auzquels la Vigne est exposée; Etude des cépages; Culture d la Vigne; Préparation et conversvation du vin; Instruments; Classification, appreciation... et analyses des vins des differents vignobles; Commerce des Vins; and Produits dérivés du vin, et cultures accessories. 


Ladrey was a professor of chemistry at Dijon specialising in viticulture and oenology.  Best known for his seminal text "L'Art De Faire Le Vin", Ladrey was heavily involved in the founding of the agricultural station at Dijon and published works on viticulture and oenology, chemistry and pharmacy.  A street in the university campus at Dijon is named for him honouring his contribution to the wine industry in Burgundy.

Scarce.  An excellent set of an important reference on the French wine industry in the mid-nineteenth century in an elegant binding.


§  OCLC records 15 holdings, none outside of Europe or the USA.
§  Simon BV p.100; Not in Vicaire, Oberlé Fritsch nor Fastes, nor Cagle.