"THE IMPORTANT MATTER OF WINE-GROWING IN AMERICA": WILLIAM FLAGG'S THREE SEASONS IN EUROPEAN VINEYARDS, 1869 FIRST EDITION
FLAGG, William J. Three Seasons in European Vineyards. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. Octavo, original plum cloth.
First edition of Flagg's survey of vineyards in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, and the lessons he has learned as they apply to producing wine in America.
"My chief aim has been to convey information, both practical and theoretical, bearing on the important matter of wine-growing in America" (Preface). Discusses diseases, treatment, vine growing, and a chapter on wine drinking, "as affecting health and morals." "Flagg (1818-98) discusses methods that he observed and how they might be applicable in the United States. Pages 211-83 contain the text of the third edition of Manual for the Sulphuring of Diseased Vines by Henri Marès" (Gabler). With a few wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams. Gabler G20250. Cagle & Stafford 262. Contemporary pencil gift inscription dated 1869.
Interior clean, light rubbing to ends of gently toned spine. An extremely good copy.