A Cornucopia of Fruit & Vegetables: Illustrations from an Eighteenth-Century Botanical Treasury

by Caroline Ball and Caroline Ball

Plump apricots, juicy mangoes, crisp lettuce. We're used to seeing close-up photographs of beautiful fruits and vegetables in cookbooks and garden guides. But these detailed illustrations of fruit and vegetables, as viewed through eighteenth-century eyes, are something very different--and more interesting. Thanks to intrepid explorers and plant-hunters, Britain and the rest of Europe have long enjoyed a wide and wonderful array of fruit and vegetables...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851245669
• ISBN13: 9781851245666
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 7.6"