Heirloom Fruits of America: Selections from the USDA Watercolor Pomological Collection
by Daniel J. Kevles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1597145068
- ISBN 13
- 9781597145060
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Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Heyday Books, 2020. Hardcover. New. New case wrapped hardcover. 8vo. (5.8 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Color illustrations on heavy paper throughout the text. 128 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Heirloom Fruits of America features 100 full-color illustrations selected from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, an archive of 7,584 paintings, lithographs, and line drawings created from 1886 to 1942 by about sixty-five commissioned artists. These images served as de facto trademarks in the highly competitive and fraud-plagued American fruit industry in a time before patent protection extended to living organisms. They are also meticulously and beautifully rendered, uncovering a cache of botanical diversity in turn-of-the-century American agriculture. Yale historian Daniel J. Kevles's introduction deepens viewers' appreciation of these plates by placing these images in their historical context.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Heirloom Fruits of America features 100 full-color illustrations selected from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, an archive of 7,584 paintings, lithographs, and line drawings created from 1886 to 1942 by about sixty-five commissioned artists. These images served as de facto trademarks in the highly competitive and fraud-plagued American fruit industry in a time before patent protection extended to living organisms. They are also meticulously and beautifully rendered, uncovering a cache of botanical diversity in turn-of-the-century American agriculture. Yale historian Daniel J. Kevles's introduction deepens viewers' appreciation of these plates by placing these images in their historical context.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- 685
- Title
- Heirloom Fruits of America: Selections from the USDA Watercolor Pomological Collection
- Author
- Daniel J. Kevles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1597145068
- ISBN 13
- 9781597145060
- Publisher
- Heyday Books
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- Food, Fruits, Watercolor, Plants, Botany, Agriculture,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food;
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