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"Strawberry" $ 88
"Laxtons Noble" Chromolithograph, Circa 1907, Germany.
From Deutschland Obstorher, Artist Unknown. Matted and
in clear slip cover, paper size height 11" x width 8",
perfect condition, vibrant colors. These illustrations
were used in school in Germany. One of the earliest books
to illustrate citrus fruits was published in 1708, Volckamer's
Nurnbergische Hesperides. In 1729 Batty Langley published
Pomona or the Fruit Garden Illustrated . . . with over
300 drawings of several fruits engraved on seventy-nine
folio pages. What followed was Twelve Months of Fruit
in 1732 to several other noteworthy publications to Poiteau's
Histoire Naturelle des Orangers in 1818. Today, fruit
illustrations are highly sought after by collectors, decorators,
gardeners, and others interested in this area.
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