POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...

Leeuwarden: A Ferwerda and G. Tresling, [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two ink stamps to front endpaper and one to title page, a few faint marginal stains; light wear to binding. Near Fine. Folio (8-1/4" x 13") bound in contemporary half calf leather gilt, spine with raised bands with gilt borders and gilt decorations, red morocco spine label. With 3 printed title pages and illustrated with 39 folding engraved plates of apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, nuts, and grapes, all with fine contemporary hand-coloring, among the earliest books on the subject to be illustrated with color plates. (Inventory #: 021658)