Bottle sizes was: German Wine Magnum 700 ml, 750 ml, 350 ml and 375 ml are (or have been) standards, as 500 ml, especially for Tokaji Aszú. If you take a close look at the bottles, you will find - at least on younger European glbuttware - something like "75 cl 55 mm". That indicates that the bottle, filled to 55 millimetres from the top, the content will be no less than 750 ml (= 75 cl). Sleeker bottles tend to have higher mm figures, I found one with 70 mm, even a fancy thick one with 75 mm. A Spanish and a French bordeaux type bottle both show 63 mm. For those not familiar with US measures: A fifth is the equivalent of 757 ml. This is what Raymond Dumay says in his 1967 Paris edition of "Le Guide du Vin" (cited from the German edition "Französische Weine", p. 240), well before standardisation (I take only the full bottle size, not parts or multiples, and give the name): 900 ml Saint Galmier (never heard of) 750 ml Anjou, Touraine, Nantes (bouteille) 720 ml Alsace (flute) 620 ml Jura (clavelin, for vin jaune only) 800 ml Burgundy*) (bourguignonne or maconnaise) 750 ml Bordeaux (bouteille or bordelaise) 800 ml Champagne (bouteille) *) He says that generally 750 ml bottles are used, and that the content must be stated on bottles or label. M. 
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