A Catalogue of Fruits

SOCIETE POMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE.  LE VERGER FRANCAIS.  Two volumes, complete.

Lyon: B. Arnaud, 1947-1948. 4to. Wrappers. 561; 576, (1) pages. First editions.

Rare, only one copy cited by OCLC as being in American libraries.  A catalogue raisonne of the fruits--apples, pears, etc.  Volume I is the Catalogue Descriptif; Volume II includes a study of Pommes Americaines.  Each of the hundreds of fruits is described and illustrated.  Spines sunned else very good. 

$350.00