THE HEREFORDSHIRE POMONA, containing original figures and descriptions of the most Esteemed Kinds of APPLES AND PEARS

HOGG, ROBERT (1819-1897) and BULL, HENRY GRAVES

Verlag: Hereford and London. Jakeman and Carver. 1876-1885, 1876

Beschreibung

2 volumes large quarto 15x12 inches, leather bound in near period half morocco over boards by Phillipson and Golder. Text with the errata leaf and 4 uncoloured plates. Illustrated with 77 FINE COLOURED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF APPLES AND PEARS, plates complete. Plate 77 is bound in as the first plate in volume one. Plates lithographed by G. Severeyns the reknown Belgium chromolithographer. A both decorative and informative work. AN UNUSUALLY CLEAN COPY with all the protective flimsies in place. The work was initiated by the Woolhope Naturalists Field Club in order to - restore Herefordshire to its fruit growing supremacy. The plates are after drawing by Edith E. Bull, Alice B. Ellis and W. G. Smith (plate 1 only). The bibliography Great Flower Books describes it as - One of the finest fruit books ever issued. A classic of late Victorian natural history. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6502

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Titel: THE HEREFORDSHIRE POMONA, containing ...

Verlag: Hereford and London. Jakeman and Carver. 1876-1885

Erscheinungsdatum: 1876

Einband: Hardcover