- 152
Brookshaw, George
Estimate
80,000 - 150,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in this Country. London: Printed for the Author by T. Bensley, 1812
Folio (22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.; 572 x 445 mm). 83 (of 90) aquatint and stippled engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand, overslip captions numbered in manuscript for plates 4 and 5, text overslip pasted on R1v; lacking plates 6, 13, 33, 47, 71, 73, and 89, plate 41 slightly browned, repair to long flaw in lower margin of plate 63, occasional offsetting of plates to text. Contemporary brown diced russia panelled in gilt and blind incorporating an acanthus leaf roll, gilt dentelles, edges gilt; rebacked, endpapers renewed, lower board stained and scratched, some wear to extremities.
Folio (22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.; 572 x 445 mm). 83 (of 90) aquatint and stippled engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand, overslip captions numbered in manuscript for plates 4 and 5, text overslip pasted on R1v; lacking plates 6, 13, 33, 47, 71, 73, and 89, plate 41 slightly browned, repair to long flaw in lower margin of plate 63, occasional offsetting of plates to text. Contemporary brown diced russia panelled in gilt and blind incorporating an acanthus leaf roll, gilt dentelles, edges gilt; rebacked, endpapers renewed, lower board stained and scratched, some wear to extremities.
Literature
Dunthorne 50; Great Flower Books 81; Nissen BBI 244; An Oak Spring Pomona 40a; Prideaux 295
Catalogue Note
First edition, the finest English work on fruit, published as a rival to Thornton's Temple of Flora. There are 256 varieties of fruit depicted, many against a striking dark brown background. The majority of the specimens were taken from the royal gardens at Hampton Court, but others mentioned in the text come from the gardens of the Princess of Wales at Blackheath, Dr. Lettsom at Camberwell, and Benjamin Goldsmid at Roehampton.