Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

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Published from 1804 – 1812 by George Brookshaw, Pomona Britannica contains 90 aquatint engravings depicting 256 varieties of fruit cultivated in Britain. Plums, peaches, melons, apples, and grapes set against light cream or stoic brown backgrounds populate the folio. Brookshaw’s folio is intended to cultivate the tastes of higher-class gentlemen so that they might instruct their gardeners on implementing fashionable fruit varietals. Additionally, the engravings were intended to serve as instructive illustrations for botanists and pomologists, while also remaining aesthetic and enchanting as works of art. Pomona Britannica was described by S. T. Prideaux as “one of the finest colour plate books in existence.”

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 11, Cherries – Tradesanto/ Millet’s Duke

$3,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 14, Plums – Cherry/ Laurence/ French et al

$2,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 15, Plums – Jean Hative/ Morocco et al

$1,800.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

$2,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

$1,800.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 23, Black; Breda; Brussels; Moor Park

$2,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 25, Peaches/Nectarines – White Avant et al

$2,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

$3,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

$3,000.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 31, Peach/ Nectarine – Gallande et al

$3,200.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 33, Peach/ Nectarine – Black Peach et al

$3,700.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

$2,500.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

$2,800.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 38, Peach/ Nectarine – Clarmont et al

$2,000.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 40, Black Jamaica

$12,000.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches

Pomona Britannica - Antique Originals

Brookshaw Pl. 43, Brown Havannah

$12,000.00

Original Aquatint engraving | circa 1804 ? 1812 | 23 x 18 ? inches