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London : Octopus Books Limited, in Association with Edgword Press, 1979., 1979. Fair. [111] pp. : illustrated (many in color), facsimiles, plans ; 25 x 31 cm. ; ISBN: 0706410823 : LCCN: 80-501214 ; OCLC: 6917279 ; LC: SB466.G75; Dewey: 712/.6/0942 ; "This book contains 24 original engravings from Batty Langley's Pomona; or The Fruit Garden Illustrated" ; Langley was a pattern book compiler whose engraved models contributed more than any other to the ornamentation of the garden ; green cloth with gold lettering, in waterstained and nicked dustjacket with a tear at back; a useful reference copy ; FAIR (covers) / POOR (Dustjacket)

Paperback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Very good copy of a classic of English 18th-century pomological literature.
With 79 beautiful fruit plates drawn by Batty Langley, and engraved on copper by Thomas Bowles, John van der Gucht, James Smith, John Carwitham, etc.
With 79 engraved plates, of which 11 are double (double plates with two Pl. numbers). The fruits include many varieties of apples, pears, plums, figs, cherries and strawberries as you would expect in a British orchard, but there are also many grape varietals (Muscadine, Frontinac, Lombard, Brick, Burgundy, Esperione, Claret, White Raisin, etc.) to remind the reader that wine grapes had been grown in England since the Roman era.
Batty Langley (1696-1751) was an English gardener from Twickenham, who later became a landscape gardener, Freemason, and finally architect promoting the Gothic Revival. Among his many books were An Accurate Description of Newgate (written while he was imprisoned there for debt) 1724, New Principles of Gardening 1728, Pomona 1729, Ancient Masonry 1733~,… Read More