Rare Antique Book-FRUIT-APPLES-PEARS-POMOLOGIA-Knoop-Seligmann-1760

Pomologia […]

KNOOP, JOHANN HERMANN [JOHANN MICHAEL SELIGMANN – ENGRAVINGS] [GEORG LEONHARDT HUTH – TRANSL.].

‘Pomologia, das ist Beschreibungen und Abbildungen welche in Holland, Deutschland, Franckreich – England und anderwaerts in Achtung stehen, und deswegen gebauet werden. Beschrieben, nach dem Leben abgebildet und mit ihren natürlichen Farben erleuchtet, von Johann Hermann Knoop, Hortulanus [in tempore] Mathematicus et Scientiarum Amator. Aus dem hollaendischen in das Deutsche übersetzet von D. Georg Leonart Huth. der besten Arten der Aepfel, Birnen, Kirschen und einiger Pflaumen, welche in- und ausserhalb Deutschland in Achtung stehen und gebauet werden. Beschrieben, nach der Natur abgebildet und mit ihren natürlichen Farben abgeschildert.’

[2 Parts in 1]. Nürnberg. Verlegts Johann Michael Seligmann. 1760 [First German Edition]. Contemporary vellum spine & corners, spickled brown paper-covered boards, large 4to: [viij], 56pp., [12]pp., in total 20 page-large hand-coloured engraved plates. 12 plates with 103 apple varieties and 8 plates with 82 pear varieties. Contents: description of 125 apple- & 92 pear varieties, index names Apples, index names Pears, index Dutch – German – French names, errata.

Very fine copy. Scarce first German edition published. Although the plates are very similar to the 1758 Dutch ed. engraved by J.C. Philips and J. Folkema, these plates have been superbly re-engraved and hand coloured under direction of or by Johann Michael Seligmann.

Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762) was a German artist and engraver best known for his ornithological artwork in Sammlung verschiedener auslandischer und seltener Vogel (Collection of various foreign and rare birds) which included plates based on the works of Mark Catesby and George Edwards. Seligmann received his initial training in engraving and art at the Nurnberger Malerakademie and some of his earlier works included the depictions of various rocks and minerals. His other works included the Opera Botanica 1754 written Konrad Gesner. Many of the copper plates that he made bear the initials JMS.

Hermann Johann Knoop (c.1700-1769) was a German horticulturist from Kassel. Son of a gardener, he was employed by Maria Louisa van Hessen-Cassel, Prinses-Widow of Oranje, as gardener for her Estate Mariënburg near Leeuwarden, Friesland. He is the first to systematically study fruit species. He is considered the founder of Pomology, or the study of fruits.

Key Words: Pomologie Pomology Pomology & Fruits Fruit Fruits Fruitsoorten Appels Appels & Peren Peren Aeppel Äpfel Birnen Birnensorten Pommes Pomme Poire Poires Appel Obstbaukunde Fruitbouw Fruitgewassen Fruitteelt Illustrations Engravings Gravures Copper Copper-engraving Coloured Coloured by Hand Coloured Plates Appelrassen Perenrassen Rassen [Planten] Rassen Varieties Variety~Knoop, Johan Knoop, Johann Hermann [1706-1769] Huth, Georg Leonhardt [1706-1761] Seligmann, Johann Michael [1720-1762]~~~0