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Americans On Everest the Official Account Of the Ascent Led By Norman G Dyhrenfurth
by James Ramsey Ullman
The Chip-Bud Method Of Propagating Vinifera Grape Varieties On Rootstocks
by F N and Weinberger; Usda Harmon
Monitoring the Winemaking Process From Grapes To Wine Techniques and Concepts
by Et Al Patrick Iland
Fruit Books & Ephemera
Cornichon Blanc P. 280
by MONCEAU, Henri-Louis Duhamel du
Paris, 1768. unbound. very good(-). Magdeleine Basseporte. Fruit botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10.5" x 8.5".<br/><br/> Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and...
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£121.42
Papaya Arbor, ejusq; Fructus Nobilissimis
by ANONYMOUS
unbound. very good. Uncolored copper engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 6.75", sheet measures 13.75" x 9.5". In very good condition.<br/> <br/> An image of a papaya tree showing it being prepared and imbibed as juice, and also as being enjoyed by two wild boars.<br/> <br/>
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£242.85
Flora Ornamentale dall'Iconographia Taurinensis
by Montacchini Franco - Forneris Giuliana
Italy: Instituto Geografico Agostini, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. The work reproduces the botanical plates preserved at the Institute and Botanical Garden of the University of Turin. They include the artists Francesco Peyroleri, Antonio and Angela Bottione, Maddalena Lisa Mussino, and drawings of Australian eucalypts and bottle brushes. Sml. folio, 14.5 x 11.25", 328 pp, 282 color plates. Publishers cloth, gilt title stamped on the spine and cover, illustrated dust jacket. Housed in...
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A Pear Print from the Pomological Magazine
by Lindley, John. Augusta Innes Withers
London: J. Ridgway, 1829. Print. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 plus margins. Original copper engraving with period hand color, highlighted with gum arabic. The quality of prints from the Pomological Magazine is very fine, and it is difficult to obtain these days. The plates were drawn by Augusta Innes Withers (née Baker) (1793-1877), an English natural history illustrator. Plate 41.
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The Cherries of New York.
by Hedrick, U.P
Gardening Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. J.B. Lyon. 1915. pp.xii, 371 with 56 fine colour chromolithograph plates. Large 4to. Nr. fine hardback. An extensive survey of many varieties of cherries grown in the New York area. A superb work with an historical account of cultivated cherries, details on their botany, a statement of their economic status in America at the time, descriptions of all known varieties of cherries and biographical sketches of the persons who have contributed materially to cherry culture...
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£120.00
![[Antique etching 1686] River landscape with old fortress on the left, published 1686, 1 p.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/370/939/852939370.0.b.jpg)
[Antique etching 1686] River landscape with old fortress on the left, published 1686, 1 p.
by Merian, Matthäus (the Elder) (1593-1650) after Bril, Paul (1554-1626); published by Aubry, Pierre (1610-1686)
River landscape with old fortess on the left; signed on the bottom left: 'P. Brill Jnu. ' 'M. Merian fec.' 'P. Aubry Excud.' Etching on paper: platemark: 187 x 288 mm, total: 205 x 307 mm; rather dirty and with weak margins reinforced.
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£157.41
Drawing, watercolour ca 1850 | Watercolour drawing of house in a wooded landscape.
by Anonymous
Charming drawing of a landscape with a wooden house with a straw roofing.Big trees on the left side and some on the right.Drawing in good condition, edges a bit frayed.Anonymous artist so far. Drawing on laid paper, 270 x 380 mm, in good condition. Some frayed edges.
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£62.97
Ananas corona multiplici; N. 114 Pineapple
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 15.75" x 9.78".<br/> <br/> Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and detail. Weinmann (1683-1741) was a renowned pharmacist whose plant studies earned him scientific acclaim among botanists. He employed several botanical artists and engravers to assist with the project including...
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£404.75
![[Antique print, engraving] Riverscape with a stone bridge and a wooden bridge, A. Sadeler, published ca. 1580-1629, 1 p.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/562/449/860449562.0.b.jpg)
[Antique print, engraving] Riverscape with a stone bridge and a wooden bridge, A. Sadeler, published ca. 1580-1629, 1 p.
by Aegidius Sadeler (ca. 1570-1629) after Paul Bril (1554-1626)
Riverscape with a stone bridge and a wooden bridge some personnages walking over them. A village on the right and on the left river flowing towards the background.Signed on the bottom center: 'Paulus Bril inuentor' and on the lower right corner:'EGS / scalp.' Engraving on paper, trimmed to platemark; total: 191 x 267 mm; only state; in great conditions; Hollstein 205, W. 401.
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£524.72
![[Miniature antique print, etching] Salvator Legros, after Pillement, Farm house, published ca. 1788.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/103/392/1376392103.0.b.jpg)
[Miniature antique print, etching] Salvator Legros, after Pillement, Farm house, published ca. 1788.
by Salvator Legros (1754-1834), after Jean Pillement (1728-1808)
Small scale copy after Pillement's composition with a farm house with a stream of water in the front. Signed on the bottom left: 'Pillement'and on the right: 'Le Gros.' On verso collector's mark of the Albertina [L.5f]. Etching on paper with some margin; plate mark: 68 x 86 mm, total: 74 x 91 mm; on verso traces of previous mounting.
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£68.21
![POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/257/1599257799.0.b.jpg)
POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...
by KNOOP, Johann Hermann
Leeuwarden: A Ferwerda and G. Tresling, [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two ink stamps to front endpaper and one to title page, a few faint marginal stains; light wear to binding. Near Fine. Folio (8-1/4" x 13") bound in contemporary half calf leather gilt, spine with raised bands with gilt borders and gilt decorations, red morocco spine label. With 3 printed title pages and illustrated with 39 folding engraved plates of apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, nuts, and grapes, all with fine...
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Pears print. Grouping of 10 pears including Rousselet Vanderveken & Jules D'Airoles
by Van Houtte
Belgium, 1870. Original double page color lithograph published in Van Houtte's "Flore des Serres" in Brussels. As featured in "Martha Stewart' Living" February 2007. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2". Sml. brown letter in top margin, sml. browned area at top right o/w excellent condition. Image shown slightly cropped.
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£141.66
An Apple Print from the Pomological Magazine
by Lindley, John. Augusta Innes Withers
London: J. Ridgway, 1829. Print. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 plus margins. Original copper engraving with period hand color, highlighted with gum arabic. The quality of prints from the Pomological Magazine is very fine, and it is difficult to obtain these days. The plates were drawn by Augusta Innes Withers (née Baker) (1793-1877), an English natural history illustrator. Plate 140.
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£121.42
Limon A riuo Sevrio
by FERRARI, Giovanni Baptista
Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 215. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Some foxing and small repairs to right margin.<br/><br/> Three views of a lemon in actual size depiction with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries...
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Antique print, etching I A rustic lane, published ca. 1640-1690, 1 p.
by Anthonie Waterloo (1609-1690)
A river flows on the right. On the left, a steep country road leads between some trees. A hiker and a peddler are shown in the distance.Unsigned plate.[NL] Grote landschappen, serie A. Rechts stroomt een rivier. Links voert een steile landweg tussen enkele bomen door. In de verte zijn een wandelaar en een marskramer weergegeven. Gemaakt door Anthonie Waterloo. Etching on laid paper, trimmed on or within plate mark; total: 155 x 206 mm; state II/2; nicely contrasted state. Mounted on cardboard...
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Malum citreum vulgare Belluatum
by FERRARI, Giovanni Baptista
Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 65. Image measures 12 X 8 inches.<br/><br/> Exotic baroque citrus fruit from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much status symbols as functional agricultural structures....
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![[Antique print, engraving] Landscape with ruins (Landschap met ruïne), published ca. 1600, 1 p.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/589/449/860449589.0.b.jpg)
[Antique print, engraving] Landscape with ruins (Landschap met ruïne), published ca. 1600, 1 p.
by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632) after Pieter Stevens II (ca. 1567-1626/32)
Landscape with ruins, man on horse and shepherd.Signed on the bottom: 'P. Stephani inuentor'and on the right:'Raph [...] excud.' Engraving on paper, trimmed to platemark; total: 206 x 273 mm; dirt and mold above and a lacuna on the bottom right; only state; Hollstein 221.
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£209.89
Château Palmer; Noblesse oblige
by PIJASSOU, René
Paris: Éditions STOCK, 1997. Near fine/fine. Hardcover (27.5 x 18.5cm); black moire endpapers, inscribed at half title, 160pp, amply illustrated; black cloth covered boards, glossygold dust wrapper illustrated with a photograph of the Château. Two small white stains at the foot of the ffep. Special numbered edition reserved for Château Palmer. This is copy 7350.
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£34.39
A Pear Print from the Pomological Magazine
by Lindley, John. Augusta Innes Withers
London: J. Ridgway, 1829. Print. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 plus margins. Original copper engraving with period hand color, highlighted with gum arabic. The quality of prints from the Pomological Magazine is very fine, and it is difficult to obtain these days. The plates were drawn by Augusta Innes Withers (née Baker) (1793-1877), an English natural history illustrator. Plate 74.
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£121.42
South Australia's Natural Landscapes. (Inscribed by Peter Dobre)
by Dobre, Peter
Adelaide: Oz Scapes. 2003. Oblong Small Quarto size [approx 28x22cm]. Near Fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Lengthy inscription by Dobre to previous owner - A SA media personality. 124 pages. A passionate blend of colours, textures, wildlife and landscapes to entice the reader to "blaze the trail" and visit South Australia's naturally beautiful areas from majestic...
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£23.81
An Apple Print from the Pomological Magazine
by Lindley, John. Augusta Innes Withers
London: J. Ridgway, 1829. Print. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 plus margins. Original copper engraving with period hand color, highlighted with gum arabic. The quality of prints from the Pomological Magazine is very fine, and it is difficult to obtain these days. The plates were drawn by Augusta Innes Withers (née Baker) (1793-1877), an English natural history illustrator. Plate 84.
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£121.42
Aurate, Plate III, from "Traite des Arbres Fruitiers"
by Duhamel Du Monceau, Henri Louis
Paris: Saillant & Desaint, 1768. First edition. Print. Very good condition. Original copper engraved plate of pears with later hand color, from Duhamel Du Monceau's important 18th century fruit book. Only 1000 copies of the work were published. The artists include Aubriet, Basseport and Le Berriays. Bright, strong impressions. Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was one of the most important French writers on fruit, plant physiology and agriculture, and "in this field he was one of the...
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£182.14
Robert Mondavi Winery (Wine Photograpy)
by Robert Mondavi; Andy Katz [Photographer]; Margrit Biever Mondavi [Introduction];
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2002-12-31. Hardcover. Very Good//Very Good. Signed. VG/VG. blue photo-illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. approx. 12'' x 12'', light shelf wear, very small chips to corners. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by Tim Mondavi on p.55..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
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£16.11
Pourpree Hative, ou Vineuse, Plate XI, from "Traite des Arbres Fruitiers"
by Duhamel Du Monceau, Henri Louis
Paris: Saillant & Desaint, 1768. First edition. Print. Very good condition. Original copper engraved plate of 'early spotted peaches' with later hand color, from Duhamel Du Monceau's important 18th century fruit book. Only 1000 copies of the work were published. The artists include Aubriet, Basseport and Le Berriays. Bright, strong impressions. Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was one of the most important French writers on fruit, plant physiology and agriculture, and "in this field he was...
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New Worlds From Old : 19th Century Australian and American Landscapes
by Johns, Elizabeth; Sayers, Andrew; Kornhauser, ElizabethMankin; Ellis, Amy
Canberra and Hartford, Connecticut: National Gallery of Australia and Wadsworth Atheneum. 1998. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 271 pages. Exhibition catalogue featuring many fine colour reproductions of landscape paintings by American and Australian 19th Century artists. Robust, professional packaging and...
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