Vinetum Britannicum: or, a Treatise of Cider, and Such Other Wines and Drinks that are Extracted from all Manner of Fruits Growing in this Kingdom

London: J. C. for Tho. Dring. 1676. First edition. 8vo (182 x 113mm.), [24 (including initial licence leaf)], 186, [6]pp., illustration: engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf. Front hinge replaced, some modest soiling and a few ink notations, overall a fine copy. Wing W3608; Bitting, p.504; Cagel 1069.


The noted English agriculturalist John Worlidge was an influential writer on husbandry and rural crafts, and his "Systema Agriculturae" (1669) was the "first systematic and comprehensive treatment of arable and livestock husbandry." The section on cider was expanded and first separately published here as "Vinetum Britannicum" in 1676 and went through several editions. (10338)

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