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C.M. Hovey, 1852
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The Fruits of America
C.M. Hovey, 1852
HOVEY, Charles Mason (1810-1887). The Fruits of America, Containing Richly Colored Figures, and Full Descriptions of all the Choicest Varieties Cultivated. Boston: Hovey and Co., 1852-56.
The regular issue of Hovey's "lavish" work on American fruit and the first major publication illustrated with chromolithographs (Stamped with a National Character). See previous lot for the large paper issue. Bennett p. 59; Stamped With a National Character 20.
Two volumes, octavo (265 x 180mm). 2 frontispiece portraits and 96 chromolithograph plates, for a total of 98. Contemporary morocco, all edges gilt (spines a little faded, some scuffing to covers).
C.M. Hovey, 1852
HOVEY, Charles Mason (1810-1887). The Fruits of America, Containing Richly Colored Figures, and Full Descriptions of all the Choicest Varieties Cultivated. Boston: Hovey and Co., 1852-56.
The regular issue of Hovey's "lavish" work on American fruit and the first major publication illustrated with chromolithographs (Stamped with a National Character). See previous lot for the large paper issue. Bennett p. 59; Stamped With a National Character 20.
Two volumes, octavo (265 x 180mm). 2 frontispiece portraits and 96 chromolithograph plates, for a total of 98. Contemporary morocco, all edges gilt (spines a little faded, some scuffing to covers).
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