Apr 10, 2003 - Sale 1966

Sale 1966 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 345
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
PASTEUR, LOUIS. Études sur le Vin . . . Deuxième Édition revue et augmentée. 32 color plates. Large 8vo, later 1/4 red morocco, spine scuffed, soiled and original wrappers bound in; some heavy foxing, variously affecting plates. Paris, 1875 [i. e., 1880]

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The publication of the original edition of this work in 1866 led to the widespread practice of partial heat sterilization ("pasteurization") of wine, vinegar, and beer. DSB X, 380; Garrison-Morton 2479; Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, page 23.