Uncolored copper engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 6.75", sheet measures 13.75" x 9.5". In very good condition. An image of a papaya tree showing it being prepared and imbibed as juice, and also as being enjoyed by two wild boars. Potentially by Giovanni Petroschi (1715-1766), a Jesuit Italian engraver, and cartographer based in Rome, but the publication is not known. More

1907. Original drawing. Watercolor and ink on paper. Measures 12.25" x 9.5". In very good condition. Signed "Lureau" on top right corner. Unfinished pencil sketch of sambucus on verso. Study on sambucus nigra. Delicate black ink over watercolor and pencil. From a collection of nature studies by artist and naturalist Antoinette Chinard. More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 435. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. The orange in cross section in actual size depiction with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 441. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Dissected orange with blue ribbon title from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much status symbols as functional agricultural structures. Ferrari was..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 301. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Some tape residue lower margin. Unusually large wrinkled lemon with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 311. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Baroque lemon in 3/4 profile and half cut with fanciful pink ribbon title from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much status..... More

Paris: 1768. Fruit botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10.5" x 8.5". Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Académie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to know..... More

Paris: 1768. Fruit Botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 12 3/4" x 9 1/2". Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gatinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Academie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation..... More

Leyden and Utrecht: Pieter Vander Aa, 1696. Botanical. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 12.25" x 8" Lovely image of a flowering Ageratum plant with a simple, distant landscape depicted in the background. Abraham Munting (1626-1683) taught medicine and botany at the Academy of Groningem in the Netherlands. He had a particular interest in the uses of plants, especially medicinally. This engraving is from "Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen". Aging around edges and minor foxing. Please visit our gallery..... More

Stockholm: Norstedt & Soners, 1924. Text in Swedish. 100 splendid full-color plates of fruit (50 apples, 25 pears, 10 cherries, and 15 plums). Large 4to, red leather-backed decorative boards with a gilt-lettered and decorated spine. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soners, (1924). Second edition. Minor rubbing, small ownership stamp inside front cover. A near fine copy. More

Paris: Mme Herissant Le Doux, 1818. Stipple engraving with original hand coloring. 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Beautiful side and sectional view of the Imperial Lemon. The monograph by Antoine Risso and A. Poiteau, Histoire Naturelle of the Orangers, became the standard work for the classification of citrus plants. More

Paducah, KY: Schroeders, 1970. Illustrated with b/w logos throughout. 57 pages. Slim 8vo, green wrappers. Paducah, KY: Schroeders, 1970. First edition. A very good(+) copy--lightly sunned spine with foxing to top edge. More

New York: Fowler & Wells, 1882. Illustrated in black and white. 314 pages. Large 12mo, black cloth with faded gold spine lettering (unevenly discolored). New York: Fowler & Wells, 1882. A few pages at the front dampstained, otherwise internally clean and tight. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. A very good copy. More