A Treatise on the Culture of the Pine-Apple
Newark: S and J Ridge for the Author, 1806.
First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #CAT000805
Leather backed marbled boards, worn at edges, old library spine number. Partially untrimmed, some pages opened a bit incautiously, but generally fine internally. With a note to the half title attributing authorship to Andrew Smith and an ownership signature dated 1877; old library stamp at end of final page (from St. Pancras Public Library) and stamps to verso of title and a few other spots. A few early pencil notes to text. Rare. Seven copies of the second edition (1808) in OCLC, none of the first. viii, 9-13,1- 78pp.
Written towards the end of the pineapple craze in England by the gardener to John Manners Sutton. As with other contemporary accounts, a great deal of attention is given to the building and heating of the structures to grow the pineapples in. Huge stoves allowed pineapples to be turned out year round - though they were often too expensive to eat (an English grown pineapple could cost the equivalent of 10,000 pounds) so were rented out to travel from fancy occasion to fancy occasion until they rotted and were often accompanied by security. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Farming & Rural Life. Inventory No: CAT000805.
Price: $850.00