Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts, an

The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses 7,497 botanical watercolour paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties, assembled between 1886 and 1942. With an abundance of reproductions from the collection, this gorgeous volume encompasses fruit-suffused anecdotes and observations drawn from the fields of archaeology and anthropology, horticulture and literature, ancient representation and contemporary visual art.
ISBN 9781733622042. Atelier Editions. hb. 356 pages. 300 colour, 8 duotone, 5 b/w ills. 20.3 x 27.9 cm.
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