An Oak Spring Pomona: A Selection of the Rare Books on Fruit in the Oak Spring Garden Library

by Sandra Raphael

An Oak Spring Pomona is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes one hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject as well as from original drawings and paintings. The earliest book described is Bussatos Giardino...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300049366
• ISBN13: 9780300049367
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 10.1" x 11.7"