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[BRUSSELS - VITICULTURE] GOLDEN BOOK OF THE "BELGIAN WINE REVIEW" [Bound in:] Belgian wine review. First year, n° 1 [- 12]. Brussels, May 1896 - April 1897. In-4, burgundy percaline spine, covers of all issues preserved, the whole placed under an aubergine chagrin portfolio, title in gilt letters on the upper board (spine faded). Manuscript. [14] pp. Golden book of this monthly magazine founded in 1896 under the patronage of the Chambre syndicale des vins de Bruxelles and the Fédération belge des négociants en vins et spiritueux. It was based at 22 rue de l'Escalier in Brussels. Its founders were Eugène Nélis and Alexandre Carle, respectively President and Vice-President of the Chambre syndicale des vins et spiritueux de Bruxelles. The manuscript details the aims and functioning of the magazine, and lists the contributors, including some French, one English and one American merchant. The magazine offers an overview of the world wine trade, mentions the major fairs and includes a small section on "dishonest trade" in which it reveals the frauds, tricks and unfair means employed by certain merchants. RARE. JOINTS: - ÉTABLISSEMENTS NICOLAS - Liste des grands vins 1971. From the Alpilles to the sea, paintings by Sarthou. (Montrouge, Draeger, 1971). In-4, paperback. - André L. SIMON - Bibliotheca vinaria. London, Holland Press, 1979. Small in-4, publisher's cloth. Reprint of the original edition (1913) limited to 600 numbered copies (n° 422). - André L. SIMON - Bibliotheca Bacchica: a reasoned bibliography of works printed before 1600 and illustrating human thirst in all its aspects, among all peoples and in all times. Volume I [alone]: incunabula. London, Holland Press, 1927. 1 (of 2) volumes in-4, publisher's binding. Reprint of the original edition published in 1927. SET OF 4 VOLUMES.
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