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Auction archive: Lot number 92

Beschrijving en Afbeeldingen van de Beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren... [with] Beschrijving van Vruchtmoomen en Vruchten, die men in Hoven Plant en Onderhoudt...[with] Beschrijving van Plantagie-Gewassen...

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,200
Auction archive: Lot number 92

Beschrijving en Afbeeldingen van de Beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren... [with] Beschrijving van Vruchtmoomen en Vruchten, die men in Hoven Plant en Onderhoudt...[with] Beschrijving van Plantagie-Gewassen...

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,200
Beschreibung:

Title: Beschrijving en Afbeeldingen van de Beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren... [with] Beschrijving van Vruchtmoomen en Vruchten, die men in Hoven Plant en Onderhoudt...[with] Beschrijving van Plantagie-Gewassen... Author: Knoop, Johann Hermann Place: Amsterdam & Dordrecht Publisher: Allart, Holtrop, de Leeuw en Krap Date: 1790 Description: 3 volumes in one (as issued). viii, 36; [4], 70; [4], 87, [1 blank], [4] pp. 37 (of 39) hand-colored engraved plates. Lacking plate X from the first section of the first work (Apples), and plate XIX from the second work. 13x8½, period calf-backed boards. Third (last) Dutch Edition. Wonderful hand-colored plates of apples, pears and other fruits. Originally published in 1758 and 1763 as Pomologia, Fructologia and Dendrologia. Knoop was head gardener to the Dowager Princess of Orange at Marienburg. "The fruit monographs, apples and pears in the first, plums, peaches, cherries, nuts, and soft fruit in the second, are among the earliest books on the subject to be illustrated with coloured plates..." (S. Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, 48). Nissen BBI, 1077 & 1078. Lot Amendments Condition: Leather chipped, boards worn; lacking 2 plates, one plate formerly detached with old tape repair at far left margin and with another tape repair (approx. 2") extending into plate impression but not touching image; an occasional spot of foxing; else very good, plates overall very good or better. Item number: 212286

Auction archive: Lot number 92
Auction:
Datum:
14 Feb 2011
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Beschrijving en Afbeeldingen van de Beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren... [with] Beschrijving van Vruchtmoomen en Vruchten, die men in Hoven Plant en Onderhoudt...[with] Beschrijving van Plantagie-Gewassen... Author: Knoop, Johann Hermann Place: Amsterdam & Dordrecht Publisher: Allart, Holtrop, de Leeuw en Krap Date: 1790 Description: 3 volumes in one (as issued). viii, 36; [4], 70; [4], 87, [1 blank], [4] pp. 37 (of 39) hand-colored engraved plates. Lacking plate X from the first section of the first work (Apples), and plate XIX from the second work. 13x8½, period calf-backed boards. Third (last) Dutch Edition. Wonderful hand-colored plates of apples, pears and other fruits. Originally published in 1758 and 1763 as Pomologia, Fructologia and Dendrologia. Knoop was head gardener to the Dowager Princess of Orange at Marienburg. "The fruit monographs, apples and pears in the first, plums, peaches, cherries, nuts, and soft fruit in the second, are among the earliest books on the subject to be illustrated with coloured plates..." (S. Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, 48). Nissen BBI, 1077 & 1078. Lot Amendments Condition: Leather chipped, boards worn; lacking 2 plates, one plate formerly detached with old tape repair at far left margin and with another tape repair (approx. 2") extending into plate impression but not touching image; an occasional spot of foxing; else very good, plates overall very good or better. Item number: 212286

Auction archive: Lot number 92
Auction:
Datum:
14 Feb 2011
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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