DANFLOU, Alfred.

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Les Grands Crus Bordelais. Second and preferred edition of Volume I, first edition of Volume II, each one of 500 copies. The first edition of the first volume, which is unrecorded in gastronomical bibliographies, was published in 1866 with only 19 photographic plates. This was expanded to 29 in the present edition. This pioneering record of the region remains a classic of viticultural literature.From the 1830s, local artists produced wine albums that focused less on vineyards than on the country houses scattered across the landscape. This emphasis on rural estates persisted and later expanded, notably in Danflou's album. As these publications multiplied, they familiarized both professionals and wine enthusiasts with the appearance and layout of Bordeaux estates.

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