(FOOD DRINK) William Coxe A View of the Cultivation of Frui

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(FOOD & DRINK.) William Coxe. A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the Management of Orchards and Cider. 77 wood-engraved plates of apples, pears, peaches, and other fruit. 253, [15] pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn with boards detached, needs binding; moderate foxing, moderate dampstaining at rear from page 245 onward; early owner's signature on title page. Philadelphia, 1817

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"William Coxe, who was born in Philadelphia, wrote the first home-grown American book on fruit-growing. . . . [At his farm in Burlington, New Jersey] he grew most European and American varieties available, importing several from France or Holland besides developing new ones. . . . His elaborate descriptions are linked to the relevant drawings, though not all the varieties are illustrated"--Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona 57. Cagle 198; Sabin 17313.

Provenance: signature of Charles Wister--either the noted botanist Charles Jones Wister (1782-1865), whose Philadelphia estate Grumblethorpe is now a museum, or a relative.