The Pears of New York. Cet article n’est pas disponible.The Pears of New York

4to, xi, 636 pp, bound in full green buckram titled in gilt at the spine. No dust jacket. Lacking the original publisher's box, as usual. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Marshall P. Wilder, an additional black and white plate, and 70 color plates, all collated and accounted for in this example. Landmark monograph covering not just the pears of New York State, but an attempt to make "a complete record of the development of the pear wherever cultivated up to the present time." - from the foreword. The color plates are beautifully executed and depict both well known and lesser known species, from Ansault to Bloodgood to Worden Seckel. Some trivial white spotting to back panel else a sound, tight and square fine example.