The Apple Book

by Rosanne Sanders

England has perhaps the most perfect orchards in the world, and this book is a celebration of the supreme loveliness of the English apple. In 142 sensuously detailed watercolors, Rosie Sanders depicts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802225594
• ISBN13: 9780802225597
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Philosophical Library
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Much More Than Food Porn

A delight and a great triumph. And gifty. Also a minor publishing hit (with a new edition set to come out in 2010.) This is both science and celebration. It is centered by Sanders' delightful, old school botanical art. 122 apples are featured from America, Great Britain and Europe: for each we get to see the fruit, the blossom, and the leaves. Sanders is a watercolorist with great observational skills and a deft, light, admirable technique. You may not smell the fruit, but her depictions of colors and textures are captivating. Each apple is described, including history, uses in cooking, smell, and taste. There is a chapter on apple growing, many pages on apple and apple tree identification, some lovely and informative pen and ink drawings, an index, and a bibliography. Thus, a book that is fully scientific, fully artistic, and also appeals to anyone who loves food. The first edition came out from the Philosophical Society in the 1980's and it is very nicely done: hardback with dustjacket, red cloth with black and gold details over boards, sewn binding, on heavy cream-colored paper with limited reflectivity. 142 pp, 2.5 pounds.