Or, figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain.
3 volumes: 152 hand-coloured engraved plates by S. Watts and W. Clark after Mrs. Withers and C. M. Curtis many heightened with gum arabic, some double page, contemporary green morocco faded and rubbed along the edges, marbled paper sides worn, top edges gilt other edges uncut, marbled endpapers with a bookplate in volumes 2 & 3, some light foxing and off setting, overall a very good set.
Dunthorne (Gordon) Flower & Fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th Centuries, Da Capo Press, New York, 1970: No. 184 (page 217) describes the later issue Pomological Britannica, London 1841.
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
See Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lindley - for a comprehensive biography and assessment of his life and work.
- Overall Condition: A very good set
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