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William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, USA
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Seventy-seven leaves (one partial and detached), plus eleven later plates laid in. Oblong. Contemporary black morocco, gilt. Extremities rubbed, corners lightly worn. Front inner hinge broken, spine detached from text block. Light soiling and wear to plates. Still, good. An extensive nursery sample book, displaying fruits and flowering shrubs in a series of chromolithographic and pochoir stenciled plates. The plates are by two Rochester firms, J.W. Thompson and Stecher. Several of the chromolithographs are dated copyright 1888. The Thompson firm was active from 1876 to 1891. The handsome color plates show apples, peaches, pears, grapes, cherries, berries, and several flowering shrubs, as well as a walnut tree with sample nuts displayed. The eleven later plates were produced by Julius Bien in New York, dated 1901, and come out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook. A handsome and large collection of early fruit plates. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM48513
Titel: [NURSERY SPECIMEN SAMPLE BOOK CONTAINING ...
Verlag: Rochester
Erscheinungsdatum: 1888
Anbieter: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, USA
An extensive nursery sample book, displaying fruits and flowering shrubs in a series of chromolithographic and pochoir stenciled plates. The plates are by two Rochester firms, J.W. Thompson and Stecher. Several of the chromolithographs are dated copyright 1888. The Thompson firm was active from 1876 to 1891. The handsome color plates show apples, peaches, pears, grapes, cherries, berries, and several flowering shrubs, as well as a walnut tree with sample nuts displayed. The eleven later plates were produced by Julius Bien in New York, dated 1901, and come out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook. A handsome and large collection of early fruit plates. Seventy-seven leaves (one partial and detached), plus eleven later plates laid in. Oblong. Contemporary black morocco, gilt. Extremities rubbed, corners lightly worn. Front inner hinge broken, spine detached from text block. Light soiling and wear to plates. Still, good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 48513
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