A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry -
Thomas Andrew Knight
1802 - Printed and sold by H. Proctor, Ludlow - Second Edition, Enlarged
A rare clean example of this lovely and influential little work on Cider and Perry by Thomas Knight, one of the leading researchers in horticulture in the 18th and 19th century whose work was acknowledged by Darwin in ‘The Origin of the Species’.
Illustrated with woodcut ornament to title and woodcut tail-piece. References: Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica, 923; Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature, 909.
Duodecimo (binding size 17.5x10.9cm), pp. [2] 181 [1 (postscript)] [2]. In contemporary speckled calf-backed marbled boards, spine ruled and decorated in gilt, red morocco label lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red and trimmed, some restoration along outer hinges. Condition: Very light foxing to first and last few pages else fine, in very good contemporary binding, some restoration to outer hinges which are slightly cracked, some wear to paper boards along edges. Ref: 111868 Price: HK$ 4,000
Illustrated with woodcut ornament to title and woodcut tail-piece. References: Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica, 923; Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature, 909.
Duodecimo (binding size 17.5x10.9cm), pp. [2] 181 [1 (postscript)] [2]. In contemporary speckled calf-backed marbled boards, spine ruled and decorated in gilt, red morocco label lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red and trimmed, some restoration along outer hinges. Condition: Very light foxing to first and last few pages else fine, in very good contemporary binding, some restoration to outer hinges which are slightly cracked, some wear to paper boards along edges. Ref: 111868 Price: HK$ 4,000