Association Copy of the Holland House

PHILLIPS, Henry.  POMARIUM BRITANNICUM; AN HISTORICAL AND BOTANICAL ACCOUNT OF FRUITS KNOWN IN GREAT BRITAIN.

London: The Author, 1820. 8vo. Contemporary boards. (viii), viii, 378, (4) pages, 3 colored plates. First edition.

An association copy with the bookplate of Holland House, the Edwards family's great Jabobean mansion, in Kensington.  The  subscribers list cites three copies for Thomas Edwards and his wife.  The survey includes the acorn, apricot, almond, apple, cherry, chestnut, fig, grape, and peach, as well as exotics, such as the barberry and cacao.  The Library of Virginia lists a copy in their 1831 catalogue.  Rebacked in cloth.  Very good uncut copy.

$685.00