An intriguing history of books about fruit from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution, including many beautiful engravings from key works. The relationship of pomology to social history and the history of ideas is explored, and there is a bibliography describing more than 600 fruit-related sources.
This marvellously illustrated review of the literature dealing with fruit from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution addresses in its first part the fruit literature of specific periods, from the earliest parchment and papyrus testaments to fruit's glories to the scientific fruit literature of the 19th century. The second part of the volume offers a detailed, critically annotated bibliography describing over 600 fruit-related works. Abundant b&w illustrations, as well as eight color plates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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