276. POMOLOGIE FRANÇAISE. ONE OF THE FINEST WORKS OF WORLD LITERATURE WITH COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF FRENCH FRUITS.

Poiteau, A. Pomologie Française (I-II). Recueil des plus beaux fruits cultivées en France. Ouvrage orné de magnifiques gravures avec un texte descriptif et usuel redigé par A. Poitaeau. F. G. Levrault, éditeur, Paris & Strasbourg, no year. (Approx. 1835). Two folio volumes in contemporary red half morocco binding with gilt spine text and gilt spine decoration. Bound with the richly decorated front booklet covers. Illustrated with 60 stipple engravings completed with hand coloring. All with protective paper. Texts by A. Poiteau and PJ Turpin. The pictures of Poiteau and the plates engraved by, among others, a. Boquet, Boucort, Gerard, Gabriel, Victor and Legrand. Early edition of this famous work with beautiful colored engravings of French fruit. Here are almonds, grapes (several), plums (several), pears (several), black currants, figs (several), figs (several), gooseberries, grapes (several), strawberries, raspberries, oranges, apricots, mulberries, peaches , currants, apples (several) etc One of the most beautiful works ever published of colored engravings of fruit. The publication went on for a long time and the complete work includes 420 plates.