Iuliani Palmarii, De vino et pomaceo libri duo
1588 AD
Normandy France
Jullian le Paulmier wrote this, the very first printed cider manual known, He was a Norman French doctor and horticulturalist (but in Latin as was usual for technical books of those days).
It was published in French in the following year.
It notes 82 varieties of cider apples and helped promote the popularity of cider, or Sidre in France .