Beschrijving en afbeeldingen van de beste soorten van appelen en peeren [...] Met eene voorreden van Johannes Florentius Martinet.

Folio: viii-36 pp. (some very min. browning).

Contemp. half calf, later boards, mod. endpapers (sm. restaurations, corners def.).

Bound with: Id. - Beschrijving van vruchtboomen en vruchten, die men in hoven plant en onderhoudt [...]. [4]-70 pp. [and] Id. - Beschrijving der plantagie-gewassen, die men in hoven aankweekt [...]. [4]-87-[1 bl.-4] pp.
Later ed. of 3 works on fruit trees for the kitchen garden (1-2) and on all sorts of trees for the pleasure garden (3) by J.H. Knoop (1700-1769). The first 2, among the most beautiful Dutch 18th-c. books, are rightly famous for their 39 engr. and splendid hand-coloured plates and for their presentation of many species now lost. The 1st one is ill. with 20 full-page pl. by J. Folkema and J.C. Philips depicting apples and pears, the 2nd one with 19 full-page pl. with illustrations of peaches, plums, cherries, berries, etc.
Ref. Landwehr (Dutch colour plates) 89 & 93. - Nissen (BBI) 1077 & 1078. - Brunet III:681. - All in STCN.