128 - [BÉGUILLET (Edme)]. Oenology, or A Discourse on the Best Method of Making Wine and Cultivating Vines. By the author of *Treatise on Economical Wine-Making*. Dijon, Capel and Edme Bidault, printed by Defay, 1770.

[BÉGUILLET (Edme)]. Oenology, or A Discourse on the Best Method of Making Wine and Cultivating Vines. By the author of *Treatise on Economical Wine-Making*. Dijon, Capel and Edme Bidault, printed by Defay, 1770. In-12, [4] ff., xxxv pp., [2] ff., 280 pp., modest contemporary cardboard binding. Spine worn. A rare first edition, first printing, of this important treatise on oenology and viticulture, devoted particularly to Burgundy wines. In it, the Dijon-based agronomist Edme Béguillet examines the history of viticulture, the various cultivated grape varieties, methods of viticulture and winemaking, as well as wine preservation techniques. In his introduction, he offers an enthusiastic praise of Burgundy wines, which he defends in particular against the preference for Champagne wines shown by some of his predecessors. In his dedicatory epistle to the Count of Saint-Florentin, the author advocates for the creation of an agricultural society specifically dedicated to Burgundian viticulture. (Vicaire, 79; Fritsch/Oberlé, 108.)