(Wine - Champagne) Chandon de Brialles, M. Raoul. Observations Météorologiques relatives a la Champagne et Renseignements Divers sur la Vigne et le Vin. Oaxaca Paris: Librairie du Petit Journal

Paris: Librairie du Petit Journal

A fascinating look at American foodways in the mid-Nineteenth century

floozies and flappers sipping on icy concoctions

covers and extremities

including an article on keeping bees in the basilica of Sacre-Coeur

(Wine - Champagne) Chandon de Brialles, M. Raoul. Observations Météorologiques relatives a la Champagne et Renseignements Divers sur la Vigne et le Vin. Oaxaca Paris: Librairie du Petit Journal112 pp. Printed wrappers. First Edition. Paris: Exposition Universelle, 1900. Weather reports for Champagne from the year 976 to 1898, with specific descriptions of how Champagne vines and wines were affected. From about 1550 on, every single year is recorded and described. A fascinating and important record of how weather has affected the Champagne industry over the centuries. Foxing, irregular darkening to covers, else very good. (2)