Hooker's Finest Fruits: A Selection of Paintings of Fruits

222 pp. Includes 96 color plates with descriptions by Frederick A. Roach, introduction by William Stearn, and bibliography and index following text. Compiled from paintings commissioned by the Horticultural Society of London 1815-1820, and from engravings in Hooker's Pomona Londinensis (1816-18). The first printed appearance of Hooker's complete paintings. "Collection of paintings of fruit showing the fruit, leaves, flowers, and half section of fruit for fruits popular in the 18th century."