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THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 37

KNIGHT (THOMAS)
A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, FIRST EDITION, 1797; and 6 others (7)

19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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KNIGHT (THOMAS ANDREW)

A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end, uncut in publisher's boards, rebacked [ESTC T92620], Ludlow, H. Procter, 1797--PHILLIPS (HENRY) Pomarium Britannicum: an Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits known in Great Britain, second edition, 3 hand-coloured plates, untrimmed in contemporary boards, rebacked, large 8vo, T. and J. Allman, 1821--BADHAM (CHARLES DAVID) A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England, second edition, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates, old Sherborne Library bookplate, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, Lovell, Reeve, 1863--BARRON (A.F.) British Apples; Descriptive Catalogue of Apples Exhibited at the National Apple Congress..., 2 parts in 1 vol., 5 plates, contemporary red half calf, Macmillan, 1884--SMITH (JOHN) A Treatise on the Growth of Cucumbers and Melons, fourth edition, folding plate, some spotting, publisher's blind-stamped cloth, Ipswich, J.M. Burton, 1839--CREWS (A.W.) The Potato and its Cultivation, publisher's cloth with paper title label, Horace Cox, 1880--PAYEN (ANSELME) and M. CHEVALIER. Traité de la pomme de terre; sa culture, ses divers emplois dans les préparations alimentaires, les arts économiques, la fabrication du sirop, de l'eau de vie, de la potasse, contemporary half calf, spine worn, Paris, Thomine, 1826, 8vo (7)

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