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GEORGE BROOKSHAW (1751-1823)
Pomona Britannica; or, a collection of the most esteemed fruits at present cultivated in this country. London: T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown and John Lepard, [1816-]1817. Large 4° (337 x 270mm). 60 STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES BY G. BROOKSHAW, PRINTED IN COLOUR AND FINISHED BY HAND. (Light spotting to about 10 plates, light soiling to plate XV, plate XXXV with 10mm. tear in lower blank margin.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, the covers with wide border, tooled in gilt and blind with rolls incorporating various neo-classical motifs, enclosing a central panel with elaborate cornerpieces tooled in blind, the spine in five compartments with three false semi-raised bands, lettered in two compartments the others with overall repeat pattern in gilt, gilt turn -ins, g.e. (some light scuffing to extremites).
A very fine copy of the second edition of Brookshaw's Pomona. This edition is essentially a new work: the format was reduced from broadsheet to 4to, the plates were re-engraved by the author himself and their number reduced from 90 to 60 and the text was extensively re-worked. The resultant work has plates that are without the opulence of some of those in the first edition but are perhaps more realistic and useful, and includes details of 174 cultivars of 15 types of fruit. A 4pp. table at the end of vol.II lists the owners and locations of the gardens from which Brookshaw obtained his specimens. It is interesting to note that he had no need to travel any further from London than Bromley to obtain the various cultivars depicted. Dunthorne 51; Great Flower Books p.52; Nissen BBI 244. (2)
Pomona Britannica; or, a collection of the most esteemed fruits at present cultivated in this country. London: T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown and John Lepard, [1816-]1817. Large 4° (337 x 270mm). 60 STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES BY G. BROOKSHAW, PRINTED IN COLOUR AND FINISHED BY HAND. (Light spotting to about 10 plates, light soiling to plate XV, plate XXXV with 10mm. tear in lower blank margin.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, the covers with wide border, tooled in gilt and blind with rolls incorporating various neo-classical motifs, enclosing a central panel with elaborate cornerpieces tooled in blind, the spine in five compartments with three false semi-raised bands, lettered in two compartments the others with overall repeat pattern in gilt, gilt turn -ins, g.e. (some light scuffing to extremites).
A very fine copy of the second edition of Brookshaw's Pomona. This edition is essentially a new work: the format was reduced from broadsheet to 4to, the plates were re-engraved by the author himself and their number reduced from 90 to 60 and the text was extensively re-worked. The resultant work has plates that are without the opulence of some of those in the first edition but are perhaps more realistic and useful, and includes details of 174 cultivars of 15 types of fruit. A 4pp. table at the end of vol.II lists the owners and locations of the gardens from which Brookshaw obtained his specimens. It is interesting to note that he had no need to travel any further from London than Bromley to obtain the various cultivars depicted. Dunthorne 51; Great Flower Books p.52; Nissen BBI 244. (2)