Aepfel und Birnen, Berlín, 1894, apples and pears - 104 chromolithographic plates - Old prints, rare books and bibliophile books for sale

Author: Goethe, Rudolf

other author: Müller, Walter

Published: Berlin

Publishing year: 1894

(Müller, Walter). Goethe, Rudolf; Degenkolb, Hermann; Mertens, Reinhard. Apples and pears. "Aepfel und Birnen. Die wichtigsten deutschen Kernobstsorten". Berlin: Parey, 1894. Large 8vo. (3) ll., 104 chromolithographic plates (25:16,5 cm; lithographed by W. Müller—each with a sheet of accompanying text, some also with a blank sheet for notes—'Notizen'), 12 pp., (3) ll. (advertisements for the publisher's publications). Orig. il. half-cloth binding.

 Descriptions and illustrations of 53 apple varieties and 51 pear varieties. - Binding somewhat worn; an old handwritten bookplate to the title page; on the reverse of the title page is a private library call number written in pen (the ink has bled through to the opposite page with table of contents); the plates are clean and fresh.