Die Obstbaumzuchten, nebst dem Verzeichniss aller Bäume, Stauden und Buschgewächse: Mit kurzgefassten Anmerkungen aus der Natur- und ökonomischen Geschichte derselben... Dritte vermehrte Auflage
Wien: Joseph Gerold. Hardcover. Third edition, expanded, 1795. Small octavo. [11],372 pp. including frontispiece engraved by Schmid and title page containing landscape vignette. In German. 19th-century patterned gray paper over boards, printed red paper spine label. Binding moderately abraded, modern ink purchase record in rear pastedown at gutter. Leaves remarkably clean and bright. Very good plus. Scarce German-language directory and 'natural and economic history' of fuit trees, bushes, and perennials. The author, Franz Joseph Märter (1753-1827), was German botanist best known for leading the 1783-1788 Austrian expedition to North America and the Caribbean. The striking frontispiece shows a nobleman and gardeners in a garden landscape of large and small trees and shrubs. Not in Pritzel. Very Good +. Item #z07231
Price: $264.00