Pomona's Harvest: An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature

Pomona's Harvest: An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature

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Book Description
An intriguing history of books about fruit from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution, including many beautiful engravings from key works. The relationship of pomology to social history and the history of ideas is explored, and there is a bibliography describing more than 600 fruit-related sources.Published at $59.95
Our last copies available at $29.98


About the Author
Fred Janson started the project that resulted in this book more than 20 years ago. He co-founded a network of fruit fanciers, the North American Fruit Explorers, which boosts 3,000 members.

Pomona's Harvest: An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature: An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature,H. Frederic Janson,Timber Press,0881923362,Agriculture & Animal Husbandry - General,Fruit,Fruit-culture,Fruits And Orchards,Gardening / Horticulture,History,Horticultural literature,Life Sciences - Botany,Science,Science/Mathematics,Sources,Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies,Crop husbandry,Fruit & vegetables,Literary studies: general

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