Brookshaw, George 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.
Brookshaw, George 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.
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