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ref. BN105797Publications de l'Université de Rouen et du Havre. Softcover. Vexin normand ou vexin parisien contribution etude géographique espace rural. Vexin normand ou vexin parisien contribution etude géographique espace rural. Publications de l'Université de Rouen et du Havre paperback
1924ref. 015720Paris Au Sans Pareil 1924 In-12 Broché, couverture illustrée Edition originale
193796 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
1795ref. 017372The Strand London & Edinburgh: T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute 1795. Second edition. Illustrated with a folding plan of a cucmber bed a little foxed and browned slightly frayed at the fore-edge octavo pp xvi 312 fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed a little foxed and age-toned throughout a neat early signature on the title page bound by Spink & Thackray of Leeds in a brown half buckram and boards slightly worn and with an armorial crest at the base of the spine. Blanche Henrey 1000. RARE - a good wide-margined copy. Second edition of the work which brought MacPhail's forcing frame and controversial method of cultivation to the public view. McPhail was gardener to Lord Hawkesbury at Addiscombe Place in Surrey. The brick frame was of his own design and a notable feature of this book is the detailed weather observations covering a complete year together with the precise treatment given to the plants on each day. The frame proved immensely popular and within 40 years Rogers 1839 was to state " an excellent invention that has certainly rendered the forcing of this vegetable more simple.there are few gentleman's gardens and few principal market gardens without them". . Second edition. Half cloth and boards. Very Good. T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute Hardcover
1909Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of C.P. Searle, Esq., at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hand-Made Rugs, the Revival of an Old Handicraft; Three Types of Gambrell Roof Houses - the home of Mr. Walter C. Sampson, at Summit, New Jersey, the home of Arthur E. Thayer at Dedham, Massachusetts, the home of Mr. Farnham, and the home of Mr. James Purdon, of Boston; Plant Breeding; The Dino Collection of Historic Armor - collected by the late Duc de Dino, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord; The Use of Anesthetics for Plants; A Few Neglected Fruits; A Seventeenth Century Homestead near Boston; A Wood Garden - at the country seat of Mr. H.H. Battles at Newton Square, PA; Nature's Traps; The Country Seat of Charles S. Brown, Esq., Mount Kisco, New York; A New Method of Housekeeping; The New Seed testing Station in Paris at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, then the Agronomic Institute in the Rue Cervantes; Great color back cover ad for Pierce Arrow cars (The George N. Pierce Company) features illustration of chauffeur holding door for woman in orange coat on city street; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1948Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photos of operators at work in Haney, Nanaimo and Port Moody; $35 million improvement and expansion programme; Rotation billing will be inaugurated in March; Ed Tomer terminates 44-year career; Victoria says good-bye to George Gaetz; Daniel G. Houston - he installed phones in the horse-and-wagon days; Retirement of Thomas (Tom) Smith; photos of W.J. Jefree's clothing store and W.J. Pendray soap works, both in Victoria - the first commercial firms in British Columbia to be linked by a telephone line, in 1880; Photo of Nanaimo's first telephone office in 1887 at the fruit store of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Cavalsky; Photo of splicer's school; Annual report reveals record demand for service as result of great growth of province; World telephone network is operating again; A farewell to Dave Falconer; The telephone situation as we see it today; Hammond-Haney toll charges eliminated; From Office Boy to District Plant Chief - Lindsay Morrison; High school visitors to the Hasting's operator area; New Building Commemorates Name of First Company President, William Farrell - article with photos; A Report on the telephone situation in B.C.; Thirty-Four Years of Phone Service at Parksville; First commercial VHF circuits now in service here; Toll Chief Operator weds Chief Engineer - A.H. Lemmon and Lila Boden; advertising slogans; Wirephoto service comes to Vancouver; Telephony made great Strides during Labelle Career - Eugene P. LaBelle retires after 44 years in telephony *THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PERSONAL COPY OF MR. LABELLE AS HIS NAME IS STAMPED ON TOP EDGE OF TEXT*; A.C. Bull Elected Federation President; Photo of lovely twin sister operators in Vancouver; Photos behind the scenes at the Victoria Plant Building; New Dial Offic, 'Cedar', Now in Service; 800,000 phone calls per day in Vancouver; Wage increases for 1,000 plant employees; Meet the Executive Assistant's Department - many photos; Nearly 3,800 Bayview phones 'cut' to Cedar; Revenue accounting girls adopt three orphans; replica's of 3 recent billboards, 2 of which include suggestions for party line use; misc. photos of Fraser Valley operators; 1947 was record year despite shortages; *Car phone* service now available - with photo; Leo Griggs, Nanaimo Plant Head, retires; Fifteen years ago; Three blind mice in South America - Kathleen Stephen and Catherine Wilson recall their trip; Ads advise fewer calls, shorter calls - with 2 ads; "Newton" joins our telephone family - story and photos; 1947 progress was offset by record demand annual report points out; 37 years of ups and downs - Percy Turley, cable-splicing foreman; Miss Gertrude Greaves honoured; Photos of Seymour (Vancouver) operators; photo of radiotelephone transmitting station at Lulu Island; various photos inside Kamloops office with staff; article on John (Jack) C. Hemer; Operators learn Human Nature's Queer Quirks; Newspaper columnist visits new William Farrell Building; Trans-Canada phone system construction job resumed - text and photos; photos of staff and facilities at Princeton; Spirit of service triumphs over flood - photos of washed out Mission bridge and more, plus article; PNE float photos; Introducing the company's new business library; New submarine cable links Vancouver and North Shore - photos and text; T. Percy Waters Book
194480 pages. Where to begin describing this incredible Toronto Maple Leaf souvenir? Colour-illustrated front cover features prominent black and white photo of Leaf player Elwyn Morris. Contents: Nice military-themed colour ad for B-A inside front cover; One-page ad for Simpson's overcoats for men; Page two displays the "Gardens" Executive and Board of Directors with photos of twenty-one gentlemen including Major Conn Smythe; Nice one-page ad for ENO's 'fruit salt'; Information about many players from the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, ; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Peoples Credit Jewellers, celebrating their 25th Anniversary; Wildfire Chocolate Bar ad; ad for Orange-Crush and Lime Crush rickey; Nice one-page ad for 'The House of Stone' high-end clothing business; Nice one-page photo ad for Brylcreem; Nice one-page military-themed ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum; Article by Frank Selke Jr.; Article on Toronto Sports Personalities; Nice Black Cat cigarette ad; One-page ad for Scott's Emulsion; Nice one-page ad for Midtown Tire features photos and write-ups of owners Stan Bacon and Sam Shefsky; Who's Who on the Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens?; Half-page Coke ad shows Allied airman talking to a group while he holds a remmant of a Nazi plane, the remnant bearing a large swastika; One-page ad for Maclean Stomach Powder; One page ad for Joseph Gould & Sons, maker of clothing; One-page ad for Du-Val products; Hockey's Immortal Characters - article on Newsy Lalonde; Centrefold, loose but present, lists fourteen Chicago players - one name stroked out and another hand-written in below, and seventeen Toronto players; Great vintage ad for Vernor's Ginger Ale; Who's Who on the Boston Bruins?; Royal York Hotel ad promotes Horace Lapp and his 'Orchestra of Funmakers'; Nice two-page ad for Bee Hive Corn Syrup; Illustrated ad for the W.H. Dunne Skate Co.; Ad for Tease Knitting Co. which makes jerseys for the Toronto Maple Leafs; Nice one-page ad for Germolene ointment; Odex soap ad shows man in shower; Nice illustrated ad for the 'Honey Dew Shop'; Thermogene Wool ad; Fantastic cartoon ad for the Chicken Palace restaurant in Toronto; Article - With Our Boys on Active Service (In WWII) - featuring Turk Broda; NHL Schedule for 1944-45; Only One Brother Act Left in Big-Time Hockey - The Bruneteau brothers of the Detroit Red Wings; Who's Who on the Chicago Black Hawks; Ad for Gordon Dunfield military outfitters; Nice vintage one-page ad for C.C.M. skating equipment, with illustrations of the Allan Cup, Stanley Cup, and Memorial Cup; Nice illustrated ad for Winnwell hockey equipment; Article - Hockey History of Ancient America; One-page ad for Veno's cough syrup; Nice one-page ad for "Export" - Canada's Finest Cigarette; Nice two-colour ad for Dentyne Gum inside back cover; Great colour ad on back cover for Sweet Caporal cigarettes features attractive lady and instructions how to order cigarettes for 'the boys overseas' (in WWII). Above-average external wear. Openings along coverfold. A magnificent Toronto hockey collectible. Book
1816ref. 145771816 un volume, superbe reliure romantique Editeur d'Epoque plein veau rose in-seize à plaques spéciales pour les plats ( binding full calfskin sextodecimo with specials covers editor for the cover) [132 x 85 millimètres], dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoration à filets et roulettes or (gilt lines and fillets) et à froid (blind-stamping decoration), entre-nerfs à fleuron au fer plein (between the raised bands floweret with full blocking stamp), compartiments à fleurons (compartment with floweret), titre frappé or (gilt title), pièce de titre sur fond noir avec filet or (label of title with gilt line), pièce de titre comportant le nom de l'auteur sur noir avec filet or (label of title with author's name with gilt line)- roulettes en place des nerfs et en tête et en pied (fillets on the place of raised bands and top and at the foot of spine), dos très légèrement frotté (spine very lightly rubbed), plats décorés à plaques spéciales "Cathédrale" à froid (cover blind-stamping) d'un encadrement d'un filet noir avec un point or à chaque angle (gilt decoration), petites et légères taches sur les plats (small and light stain on the cover), coin de queue du premier plat écornés (corner of the bottom of the front cover dog-eared), roulette sur les coupes aux angles (gilt line on the cuts) et dentelle intérieure, tête lisse (top edge smooth), toutes tranches dorées (all edges gilt), texte en Anglais, orné d'un titre gravé avec une grande vignette colorée à la main (hand-coloured engraved vignette) et 12 figures (hand-coloured engraved plates) hors-texte (full page engraving)finement gravées et coloriées à la main par Pancrace Bessa, naissances de rousseurs (beginning of the redness marks) sur 3 pages, [2]-VIII-188 pages, sans date (1816) A Paris chez Janet Libraire Editeur,
1685ref. 17526Paris, Frédéric Léonard, 1685 ; in-24, veau brun de l'époque, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre havane, roulette sur les coupes, tranches rouges ; [40], 324 pp.
1778ref. 002691Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Cavelier, 1778
1939140 pages. Features: Iconic Benito cover illustration welcomes visitors to New York and the World's Fair; Welcome to New York; Invitation to the Fair; Dress Sense of a Queen; From Queen Alexandra's Day; The Queenly Figure; Mrs. Vincent Astor; Coats for the "Yankee Clipper"; World's Fair in the "Nineties"; Fruit from Paris - colour illustrations of fruity headwear; Polynesia in Print; Summer Preview in New Orleans; Southern Innocents; Land of Cotton; Vogue's Spot-Light; 5 PM to 2 AM - at the Fair; Photos of French doll Madeleine de Baine, purchased in Paris in 1868; A Wardrobe for visiting the Fair; Town Ginghams; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miller's house; and more. Ads include: Wamsutta Supercale sheets color photo inside front cover; Tiffany & Co; Fromm Bros. silver pedigreed fox fur fashions; Best & Co; Bergdorf Goodman; International Silk Guild; Henry Bendel; McCallum Stockings; Fantastic one-page color ad for Shalimar perfume; Luxite Pantie-girdles; Bonwit Teller; Jaeckel; Van Raalte undergarments; Lord & Taylor; Stetson Tailorite Shoes; Nice one-page color illustrated ad for SeaMolds swimsuits by Flexees; Wallace Silversmiths; One-page color ad for Red Cross Shoes; S.H. Camp & Company - featuring large illustration of the Camp Transparent Woman; Macy's - Parade of Pants and Petticoats; "Lastex" Yarn; Dupont's Scuffless "Pyraheel" for shoes; Biberman Bros. - feminine frocks; Gansborough Snoodets hair nets; Vanity Fair Silk Mills; Pacific Mills; Enka Rayon; Laros Undergarments - lovely one-page color-illustrated; Everfast - one-page color-photo of model in Guatemalan print; Jacqueline Shoes; Pakables Hats; Vassarette foundations - nice one-page two-color ad; Kedettes Shoes - nice one-page color ad; Talon Placket Fasteners - featuring motorcycle cop photo; Saks Fifth Avenue; Frances Denney Make-up; Elizabeth Arden - nice one-page, two-color ad; Max Factor; Heel Latch Shoes; Daniel Green Comfy Slippers; Grace Ashley; Dobbs Hats; Jane Engel; Gorgeous color-illustrated Italian Line ad inside back cover shows charming passengers on deck; Back cover color-photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco auctioneer Joe Cuthrell - plus dozens of additional smaller ads. Complete and unmarked with no address label. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Short openings at each end of backstrip. A quality copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
ref. 020022THOMAS BARNES. A New Method of Propagating Fruit-trees and Flowering Shrubs: whereby the common kinds may be raised more expeditiously; and several curious exotics increased which will not take root from cuttings or layers confirmed by repeated and successful expeience. First edition 1759. With two engraved folding plates a bit foxed and slightly worn octavo pp 42 scattered foxing.Blanche Henrey 434. It seems little known; the system must have been well received as John Rutter mentions it in Modern Eden 1767 - "a very singular method of propagating fruit trees.lately revived by the very excellent gardener Mr Barnes of Elsham". bound with A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. A New System of Agriculture; or A Plain and Easy and Demonstrative Method of Speedily Growing Rich: Proving by undeniable Arguments that Every Land-Owner in England may advance his Estate to a Double Value in the Space of One Year's Time together with several very curious instructions how to feed oxen cows and sheep to much greater profit than has ever yet been known in England. First edition 1755. pp 182 lacking a small corner from the last page without loss of text. Fussell does not identify the 'Country Gentleman' and is slightly credulous of the claim made on the title page. He notes that there was then no copy in the British Museum. bound with BENJAMIN STILLINGFLEET. Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History Husbandry and Physick translated from the Latin with notes. First edition 1759. pp xxx 230. Contains Linnaeus Oration concerning travelling in one's own country; Biberg's Oeconomy of Nature; Barck On the foliation of trees; Gedner Of the use of Curiosity; Beyerstein's Obstacles to the improvement of physic; Haffelgren's The Swedish Pan and the author's own Observations on Grasses which Fussell praises as an important paper. bound with FRANCIS HOME The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation. Second edition 1759. pp viii 207 the last few pages foxed. Fussell observes that Home made a very real contribution to agricultural sciences; and Sir John Russell comments -"The book is a great advance on anything that had gone before it not only because it recognizes that plant nutrition depends on several factors but because it indicates so clearly the two methods to be followed in studying the problem - pot cultures and plant analysis". Generally quite clean and firm internally though with slight age-toning. Bound in a simple cheap full leather green and red labels on the spine rather rubbed but sound the rear hinge cracking but firm. . Full Leather. Good. Hardcover
1696ref. 019573Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard: Richard Chiswell 1696. Second edition. Illustrated with one engraved plate only of two - lacking one plate 12mo pp 30 220 publisher's advertisement of six pages a bit age-toned and marked throughout some staining in the lower margins towards the centre of the book the plate rather marked and frayed a tight copy. Original calf a bit worn lacking small portions of the lower cover neatly rebacked with unlettered leather spine new endpapers. RARE. Blanche Henrey 216. Little is known of the author but the work in its first edition was highly praised by both John Evelyn and Samuel Gilbert. This second edition includes an extra chapter on evergreens and greenhouses; it also includes a catalogue of fruit trees and shrubs for sale from Brompton Park Nursery. Second edition. Half Leather. Good. Richard Chiswell Hardcover
ref. 117707aafA Genève, Chez Sestié fils / A Paris Chez Ferra, 1819, VIII (recte VII: faux-titre - titre - 1 f. de table au lieu de 2) + 384 p. + 23 (de 24) planches gravées n./bl. de fruits, reliure en d.-cuir d’époque.
1955ref. 61665Salem OR: Oregon Fruit Products Co. 1955. Oblong 4to. Sales kit archive: 1st - Oblong 4to. 11 x 6.75 in. Two sales counter displays w/ 25 mylar louvered leaves for with nearly all featuring inserted labels catalogue and Real Photo Postcard of company products; 2nd - 31 separate can and fruit box labels sized from 4 x 5 in. up to 7 x 10.5 in. large 12 oz. can labels folded in half; 3rd - two circular mountable clips 5.25 in. round for removing fruit can lids w/ adhesive and instructions on verso still intact; 4th - 5 unused rolls of adhesive labels marking Oregon Fruit Products Co. items. Preserved in original Dubl-Frunt File Pocket printed label for Oregon Fruit Products at upper fore-ede expandable sized 9.5 x 11.5 in. minor edgewear couple minor closed tears in the folds still a VG exemplar. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original salesman sample kit for the Oregon Fruit Products Co. in the Mid-20th-Century featuring over 50 different labels used on fruit crates canned fruit and frozen fruit packages two promotional photo postcards showing off their new frozen product line as well as touting their latest offering of Sucaryl-packed fruit products for the dieter or diabetic. Their locally Pacific Northwest-sourced fruit offerings included BlackberriesBoysenberries Royal Anne Cherries dark Sweet Cherries Purple Plums Strawberries Gooseberries Loganberries Peaches and whole Apricots. A wide variety of packing options included water pack light syrup heavy syrup and frozen offerings which were packed into 10 oz. metal and paper fibre cans. Oregon Fruit Products was one of the many U.S. Companies to quickly expand their offerings with Abbot Laboratories notorious artificial sweetener Sucaryl Calcium Cyclamate which was marketed towards those dieters and customers with diabetes or other metabolic disorders wishing for sweet-tasting foods. However within 12 years after the “Oretetic” brand products were introduced in 1969 the FDA banned cyclamates due to two 1968 studies tracing links to bladder cancer. Gehlhar 1886-1969 originally purchased 10 acres in the West Side Fruit Farm district of Salem OR in 1910 and began farming and by 1920 was operating 160 acres producing cherries & prunes and later built the Gehlhar prune dryer in 1926. In 1931 he served as the first Oregon State Director of Agriculture and after a 1935 fire destroyed his fruit dryer the cannery remained and he chose to instead focus on canning and marketing canned fruit products for distribution in the Pacific Northwest. Although originally focused on canned fruits and then later frozen products by the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the company began diversifying their product line. In 2011 the Gehlhar family sold the company to Ed Maletis who have now expanded to a new location in Salem OR. No similar copies of this collection located in Worldcat 1 WWII-era fruit label located at Wolfsonian several 1950’s labels located at OHS in Portland. Oregon Fruit Products Co., unknown
1890ref. 43780Rochester N.Y.: Vredenburg & Co. ca. 1890. Nursery specimen book containing forty-eight color plates showing a wide selection of fruits trees and flowers. Specimens offered include a wide variety of grapes berries roses and trees. Oblong. Original black cloth covers. Hinges cracked internally. Plates dampstained with some offsetting. Good. hardcover
1890ref. 43780Rochester N.Y.: Vredenburg & Co. ca. 1890. Nursery specimen book containing forty-eight color plates showing a wide selection of fruits trees and flowers. Specimens offered include a wide variety of grapes berries roses and trees. Oblong. Original black cloth covers. Hinges cracked internally. Plates dampstained with some offsetting. Good. hardcover books
1817ref. 742London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving.Pl. XXIII Smith's Early Newington Buckinghamshire Minion & Barrington Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817ref. 746London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXVII Duke of Marlborough's & Rumbullion Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817ref. 744London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXV Montauban Grosse Mignonne & Old Royal George Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817ref. 745London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXVI Late Admirable Double Mountain & Red Magdalen Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817ref. 747London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXIX Bourdine Nivette or Belle de Vitry Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817ref. 748London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXX Chancellor Catherine & Old Newington Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817ref. 749London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXXIV Murry & Newington Nectarine. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1724ref. 016588The Half-Moon over against St Dunstan's Church: Tho. Woodward 1724. Illustrated with three folding engraved plates commendation leaf title page pp 22 333 though actually 332 14 three page bookseller's advertisement the largest plate has several splits at the folds but there is no loss slight age-toning internally but otherwise clean and sound contemporay calf blind-stamped unlettered spine some rubbing wear scuffs and marks but still very sound and with an attractive patina. Blanche Henrey 1413 - mentioning the gap in pagination. Switzer c.1683 - 1745 was a nurserymanseedsman and garden designer. A sound practical gardener and an early advocate of naturalistic gardening - "If the Beauties of Nature were not corrupted by Art gardens would be much more valuable". First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Tho. Woodward Hardcover