An Oak Spring Pomona
£35.00
Publisher
Published by: Oak Spring garden library, Upperville, Virginia
Date
1990
Synopsis
An oak spring pomona is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the oak spring garden library, a collection formed by mrs. paul mellon. the pomona describes one hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject as well as from original drawings and paintings.
Item Description
(30 cm), xxxii (4), 276 (2) pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher's cloth binding, pictorial dust jacket. - Describes 100 books and manuscripts, the earliest Marco Bussato, Giardino di agricoltura (Venice 1592). ? Fine, unmarked copy.
[Stock No. 29101]
