Discours sur l'Excellence du Vin, Contes et Autre Anecdot es, faisant suite aux insomnies.
by POTOT, De Missery.
Book. Dijon: Carion, 1829. 8vo, printed wraps. Pp. 108. A bedside anthology of poetical tales which includes the title prose essay of 13 pp., on the virtues of wine as the source of poetry and music, a consolation to old age and melancholy, etc. The author concludes with the observation that "vous ne trouverez jamais un temps plus favorabl e pour approvissioner vos caveaux de ces bon vins de Nuits, de Beaune, de V olnay et de Meursault." The title identifies the author as a notary connected with the academy at Dijon. Scarce, not in Simon or Fritsch collection.. (Inventory #: 1522)