KNIGHT, Thomas Andrew (1759-1838). Pomona Herefordiensis; containing Coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of Herefordshire. London: for the Agricultural Society of Herefordshire by W. Bulmer, sold by W. Hooker, White and Cochrane, and J. Harding, 1811. 4° (304 x 235mm). 30 hand-coloured engraved plates by William Hooker, 27 after Elisabeth Matthews, 3 after Frances Knight. (Some light spotting or browning, one plate trimmed at head touching platemark, without the index leaf called for by Stafleu). Contemporary blue calf gilt (some light scuffing to upper board, spine faded). Provenance : purchased by Beriah Botfield on 5th December 1834 from John Bohn, bookseller, Henrietta Street, London (manuscript receipt loosely inserted). An important work with highly attractive colour plates by one of the most celebrated pomological illustrators, William Hooker. Thomas Andrew Knight, brother of Richard Payne Knight and president of the Horticultural Society from 1811 to 1838, devoted most of his life to the study of agriculture and horticulture, improving various kinds of fruit from seed produced by hybridisation and careful selection, instead of the traditional methods of grafting. His work is celebrated for its realism, the plates including 'scabby fruit... and wooly aphid-clad twigs' (Janson). Dunthorne 168; Great Flower Books , p.108; Nissen BBI 1072; Stafleu and Cowan 3761.
KNIGHT, Thomas Andrew (1759-1838). Pomona Herefordiensis; containing Coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of Herefordshire. London: for the Agricultural Society of Herefordshire by W. Bulmer, sold by W. Hooker, White and Cochrane, and J. Harding, 1811. 4° (304 x 235mm). 30 hand-coloured engraved plates by William Hooker, 27 after Elisabeth Matthews, 3 after Frances Knight. (Some light spotting or browning, one plate trimmed at head touching platemark, without the index leaf called for by Stafleu). Contemporary blue calf gilt (some light scuffing to upper board, spine faded). Provenance : purchased by Beriah Botfield on 5th December 1834 from John Bohn, bookseller, Henrietta Street, London (manuscript receipt loosely inserted). An important work with highly attractive colour plates by one of the most celebrated pomological illustrators, William Hooker. Thomas Andrew Knight, brother of Richard Payne Knight and president of the Horticultural Society from 1811 to 1838, devoted most of his life to the study of agriculture and horticulture, improving various kinds of fruit from seed produced by hybridisation and careful selection, instead of the traditional methods of grafting. His work is celebrated for its realism, the plates including 'scabby fruit... and wooly aphid-clad twigs' (Janson). Dunthorne 168; Great Flower Books , p.108; Nissen BBI 1072; Stafleu and Cowan 3761.
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