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181910-G1819. Öl, auf festem braunem Papier, verso signiert und datiert ?M. Wentzel ad. natur. Wien 1819.?. 25:34,6 cm. Das in einem delikaten Kolorit und einer fein ausgewogenen Lichtführung gestaltete Stilleben entstand während Wentzels Aufenthalt in Wien, der durch die Datierung auf der Rückseite des Bildes sicher für 1819 angenommen werden darf.
1819ST12549London: Published by Thomas McLean 1819. Second Edition. 368 x 273 mm. 14 1/2 x 10 3/4". 26 leaves of text including 3 pp. ads. Three parts in one volume. <br/> SPLENDID CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT AND BLIND covers with concentric filigree frames in alternating gilt and blind tooling raised bands spine panels intricately gilt with two large lozenges formed by rectangular and triangular tools surrounded by curling botanical ornaments turn-ins gilt all edges gilt. In an excellent recent matching morocco-lipped slipcase. WITH 36 VERY APPEALING ILLUSTRATIONS BEING 18 ENGRAVINGS six flowers six fruits six birds EACH IN TWO STATES monochrome and fully hand colored. Dunthorne 53-55; Sitwell "Fine Bird Books" p. 82. Text leaves with faint mottled foxing and minor browning and off-setting just a few plates with negligible faint spots or smudges otherwise A WONDERFUL COPY THE ORIGINAL SPARKLING BINDING IN AN AMAZING STATE OF PRESERVATION.<br/> <br/> This is a sumptuously bound copy of three manuals intended to teach the art of drawing to young persons written by the accomplished botanical painter who produced the renowned "Pomona Britannia." In an earlier career Brookshaw ca. 1751-1823 was a successful London cabinet-maker whose painted Neoclassical furniture attracted such titled enthusiasts as the Duke of Devonshire and the Prince of Wales but he suddenly abandoned this livelihood in the 1790s. Art historian Lucy Wood speculates that the sudden change was prompted by involvement in a financial or sexual scandal as he also parted company with his wealthy wife around this time. He spent a decade living under the name "G. Brown" teaching flower painting to refined young ladies before producing his first manual "A New Treatise of Flower Painting" which was finally issued under his real name in 1816. The three guides that make up the present volume were intended as a supplement to that work and they expand the subjects covered to fruit and birds. In the preface to this work Brookshaw observes that flower painting is a "peculiarly appropriate" accomplishment that may be obtained "without the expense of a Master a few elementary instructions and good copies being sufficient." The plates here are more highly finished than the examples in his original "Treatise" in order to "lead the young artist onward in a progressive line of improvement." Fruits and birds are added to offer a new challenge for the pupil and Brookshaw notes that while avian subjects lack the variety of botanical ones they compensate with "the inifinite number of attitudes they assume." Our elaborate and immaculately preserved binding is testament that our volume was never used as a drawing manual but was more likely enjoyed for its own merits as an attractive object. Published by Thomas McLean unknown
1880WRCAM43778Rochester N.Y.: Rochester Lithography Co. 1880. 162pp. containing 146 chromolithographic illustrations. Contemporary leather wallet-style binding; leaves in three tri-fold sections joined by pink linen straps. Moderate wear to binding one clasp lacking. Minor soiling. Some contemporary manuscript notations. Very good. In a blue cloth clamshell case leather label. Salesman's nursery sample book containing 146 chromolithographic for over a dozen types of plants including many varieties of fruits and flowers. This book offers an extensive selection of apples peaches grapes roses and trees among other things. A nice example. Rochester Lithography Co. hardcover books
184938759Great Britain 1849. Approx. 60 pages. Bound into the rear of: William Forsyth. A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees; in which a new method of pruning and training is fully described . The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. xxviii 523pp. 13 engraved plates 11 folding. Contemporary calf rebacked to style. Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate on verso of the title featuring a wolf rampant and the motto Vincit Veritas. Unusual early 19th century gardening diary of an English fruit grower.<br/> <br/>The manuscript records the efforts of a knowledgable gardener. Although unidentified a Liverpool stationeer's blindstamp in the rear and a reference to a Kirkdale gardener suggests a gardener from a Lancashire estate. The manuscript begins with an entry dated 21 Aug. 1812 in which the diarist records his efforts to save a damaged peach tree: "Finding a young tree which had been planted about four years from a two year old plant very much decayed apparently from rain having got into the grafting which had rotted nearly the whole upper part of the stock I tried the following method of cure. I cut away all the rotten part about nine inches in length . plentifully with tar and covered the mixture of cow dung and marl." He updates the entry several times recording prunings to the tree and notes in 1814 that "the tree have two peaches this year . the covering wound was become loose . the tree otherwise healthy." A 15 July 1813 entry records a visit to Mr. Farrer of Kirkdale "for the purpose of enquiring into the mode I had been informed he had adopted of destroying the Coceus or American Buglas in apple trees . he showed me a tree on which the experiment had been made last spring." He describes the method of using mercury in detail and refers to the experiments of Hales. Other entries record his planting pruning and grafting of vines as well as nectarines and apricots and recipes for destroying worms caterpillars slugs and other pests. The manuscript further transcribes extracts concerning the care of fruit trees from the Horticultural Society Transactions and other sources. Many of the later entries concern the hothouse cultivation of grapes; for example a 28 November 1848 inscription: "The hothouse has not had any artificial heat during this year. We cut 14 lbs of excellent grapes." This manuscript is bound into the rear of a copy of Forsyth's Treatise. The Treatise "ran through seven editions in twenty-two years the first three in only two years and two American adaptions of it were also published . Some readers thought the book greatly indebted to Thomas Hitt's Treatise of Fruit-Trees first published in 1755 but E.A. Bunyard. explains the lack of originality of 'the voluble Forsyth' by saying that 'the details of the culture had been well thrashed out by previous authors and little room for innovations was left" Oak Spring Pomona p.101. "William Forsyth was one of that legion of Scottish gardeners who spent their working lives south of the border. His career began at Chelsea Physic Garden and continued at Syon House until he returned to Chelsea in 1771 to take over the care of the garden from Philip Miller. In 1774 Forsyth constructed one of the earliest rock gardens . Ten years later he took charge of the royal gardens at St James's and Kensington. His eminence in the gardening world made him one of the founder members of the Royal Horticultural Society" op. cit.<br/> <br/>For Forsyth: Bradley Bibiliography III p.141; Pritzel 2985; cf. Raphael Oak Spring Pomona 37. unknown books
18800000808Rochester NY 1880. Full leather. Very good. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary black morocco; border tooling on boards later spine gilt on front; wear to corners and edges. Collation: circa 90 plates mostly fruit and flowers a few trees at end. Plates are signed J. W. Thompson & Co’s Fruit and Flower Plates. A number of the plates are trimmed affecting image. The last plate of a “Properly Trimmed Honey Locust Hedge” is from D. M. Dewey. Each Thompson plate has the common name of the fruit flower or tree and information about properties some with origin size flavor and time of year for maturation for fruit or fragrance and time of flowering. Exceptional sample book. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1818WOC-1477Illustrée de 360 planches hors-texte en couleurs d'après les dessins de Pierre-Jean- François Turpin, lui-même Botaniste, et de Mme. Pankoucke, élève de van Spaendonck et de Redouté, femme de l'éditeur. Paris, C. L. F. Panckoucke, Éditeur, du Dictionnaire ses Sciences Médicales, Rue et hôtel Serpente, n°,16. 1814-1818. 6 volumes in-8 (21x13cm) reliés veau d'époque, reliures très fatiguées avec manque le dos du tome 4.
1880WRCAM37566Rochester N.Y. 1880. 164 leaves consisting of 157 chromolithograph plates and seven photomechanical plates one handcolored one with text on verso. Oblong 12mo. Later 20th-century calf boards and spine gilt "The Chase Nurseries" gilt on front cover. Some plates abraded with slight loss due to earlier adhesion of leaves some plates lightly worn at edges. A few plates cracking near inner gutter one plate torn bottom half lacking. A good copy. A specimen book of fruits and flowers compiled for the Chase Brothers Nursery Company of Rochester consisting primarily of chromolithograph plates printed by two firms in that city the Rochester Lithography Company and the Stecher Lithography Company. The volume also includes seven photomechanical plates showing the nursery's buildings orchards and specific products. There is no titlepage but the first two leaves are both photomechanical reproductions with the caption "The Chase Nurseries The R.G. Chase Company." Other photomechanical plates also include the firm's name. A good copy of a turn-of-the century nursery specimen book displaying examples of both chromolithographic and photographic reproduction techniques. hardcover books
1852WRCAM55573Dayton Oh.: Gazette Print 1852. Letterpress broadside 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches with ornamental border. Old folds minor foxing two ink spots in left margin. Very good. A seemingly-unrecorded broadside detailing instructions on the planting cultivating culturing pruning gathering and preserving of various fruit trees in Ohio in the middle of the 19th century. The nursery owners explain their reason for issuing the broadside: "Inasmuch as there are many persons though intelligent in other matters who are altogether unacquainted with the cultivation of Fruit Trees we the undersigned deem it our duty to furnish all our patrons with printed instructions on the subject." The broadside was produced by Heiks & Company of Dayton who provide guidance on proper procedures for care of apple trees peaches grapes and strawberries with brief mentions of gooseberries raspberries and currants. Whether this broadside was given out to customers along with their purchases or posted at the Heiks & Company nursery is unknown but likely the former. A taste of the instructions regarding apple trees reads: "Make your rows thirty-three feet apart each way dig holes fifteen inches deep and two feet square fill the hole before setting in the tree within ten inches of the surface with rich loam - set in your tree in an erect position and to support it drive in a stake and attach the tree to it with a band of straw or some soft material. The ground around the tree should be kept loose and free from grass. Cultivate the spaces between the trees in potatoes turnips or like crops. Pruning should be done in the months of June and July or September. Cutting large limbs injures the trees." <br> <br> Little is known of the issuing company Heiks & Co. other than they were a nursery in Dayton and possibly Troy for some time into the 20th century. We can locate no other copies of the broadside in trade auctions or on OCLC. This is perhaps a unique surviving example. Gazette Print unknown books
1890WRCAM43336Rochester N.Y. 1890. 136 leaves. Chromolithographic plates. Oblong octavo. Contemporary calf cover gilt expertly rebacked in matching calf. Light scattered soiling a few leaves with minor edge tears. Very good. An extensive album of Rochester fruit plates in a nursery specimen book for the Chautauqua Nursery Co. of Portland New York displaying a wide array of fruits including many varieties of grapes as well as trees roses and other flowers. Although there is no titlepage as typical with these books there is a printed label on the front pastedown completed in manuscript indicating that this book was carried by Mr. Frank Gasco a certified sales representative for the nursery. Most of the plates are chromolithographs printed by the Rochester Lithographing Co. though a few are by D.M. Dewey or Stecher both also of Rochester. unknown books
1890WRCAM43779Rochester N.Y.: Vredenberg & Co. 1890. Forty-one leaves of chromolithographs. Oblong. Original black cloth stamped in gilt on cover. Light wear and soiling to binding. Minor dampstaining to contents. Very good. Salesman's specimen book for the Rochester Nursery Co. advertising a wide selection of apples plums grapes trees roses and several varieties of berry all shown in eighty-two full color plates. The book is marked as "No. 101" on the inside of the front cover. A nice example of chromolithographic fruit plates. Vredenberg & Co. hardcover books
18471186081847 Publication mensuelle sous les auspices de la Société d'Horticulture du Rhône - A Lyon, Charles Savy jeune, libraire et Etienne Duchêne - 1847 - In-4, broché - 101 pp. - 41 superbes gravures hors texte en couleurs, dont deux dépliantes
1817742London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving.Pl. XXIII Smith's Early Newington Buckinghamshire Minion & Barrington Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817746London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXVII Duke of Marlborough's & Rumbullion Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817744London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXV Montauban Grosse Mignonne & Old Royal George Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817745London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXVI Late Admirable Double Mountain & Red Magdalen Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817747London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXIX Bourdine Nivette or Belle de Vitry Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817748London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXX Chancellor Catherine & Old Newington Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1817749London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving. Pl. XXXIV Murry & Newington Nectarine. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
1890WRCAM43780Rochester N.Y.: Vredenburg & Co. 1890. Forty-eight plates. Oblong. Original black cloth covers. Hinges cracked internally. Plates dampstained with some offsetting. Good. Nursery specimen book containing forty-eight color plates showing a wide selection of fruits trees and flowers. Specimens offered include a wide variety of grapes berries roses and trees. Vredenburg & Co. hardcover books
1816145771816 un volume, superbe reliure romantique Editeur d'Epoque plein veau rose in-seize à plaques spéciales pour les plats ( binding full calfskin sextodecimo with specials covers editor for the cover) [132 x 85 millimètres], dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoration à filets et roulettes or (gilt lines and fillets) et à froid (blind-stamping decoration), entre-nerfs à fleuron au fer plein (between the raised bands floweret with full blocking stamp), compartiments à fleurons (compartment with floweret), titre frappé or (gilt title), pièce de titre sur fond noir avec filet or (label of title with gilt line), pièce de titre comportant le nom de l'auteur sur noir avec filet or (label of title with author's name with gilt line)- roulettes en place des nerfs et en tête et en pied (fillets on the place of raised bands and top and at the foot of spine), dos très légèrement frotté (spine very lightly rubbed), plats décorés à plaques spéciales "Cathédrale" à froid (cover blind-stamping) d'un encadrement d'un filet noir avec un point or à chaque angle (gilt decoration), petites et légères taches sur les plats (small and light stain on the cover), coin de queue du premier plat écornés (corner of the bottom of the front cover dog-eared), roulette sur les coupes aux angles (gilt line on the cuts) et dentelle intérieure, tête lisse (top edge smooth), toutes tranches dorées (all edges gilt), texte en Anglais, orné d'un titre gravé avec une grande vignette colorée à la main (hand-coloured engraved vignette) et 12 figures (hand-coloured engraved plates) hors-texte (full page engraving)finement gravées et coloriées à la main par Pancrace Bessa, naissances de rousseurs (beginning of the redness marks) sur 3 pages, [2]-VIII-188 pages, sans date (1816) A Paris chez Janet Libraire Editeur,
18846946Paris, G. Masson, sans date [1884]. In-4 de 48 pages, cartonnage de soie, rouge pour le dos, crème pour les plats ornés de compositions en rouge or et noir, bords biseautés, tranches teintées bordeaux. Plats à peine empoussiérés, deux cahiers un poil déboîtés, autrement en très belle condition.
1886020714Hereford: Jakeman & Carver 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections octavo pp xii 247 a little foxing to the rear blank pages and to the fore-edge otherwise an exceptionally clean copy green blind-stamped cloth with gilt medallion decoration very slight signs of use and slight rubbing to the corners but a very bright copy. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Jakeman & Carver Hardcover
1801GITd743A genève chez J.J Paschoud 1801. In-8 broché sous couverture d'attente muette de l'époque 2 feuillets non chiffrés VI-XIV 2-327pp. Ancienne mouillure claire angulaire sur les pages 2 à 12, aucune rousseur, sans la planche dépliante. bel exemplaire, malgré les défauts signalés. Ouvrage rare.
1886020715Hereford: Jakeman & Carver 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections octavo pp xii 247 some foxing and age-toning throughout heavier on some pages than others a signature on the front endpaper green blind-stamped cloth with gilt emblem dull and rubbed won at the corners an abrasion on the top edge of the upper cover the spine chipped and a little torn at both head and tail. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Jakeman & Carver Hardcover
1830GITd361Paris Madame Huzard 1830. In-8 broché 2 feuillets non chiffrés VI-LV 2-352pp. Orné de 16 belles planches hors texte d'outils agricoles. Bel exemplaire, bien complet de toutes ses planches.
