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"FIRST HOME-GROWN AMERICAN BOOK ON FRUIT-GROWING"
COXE, WILLIAM. A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the Management of Orchards and Cider. 77 wood-engraved plates of apples, pears, peaches, and other fruit. 8vo, contemporary calf, a bit worn; some foxing and offsetting, bookplate removed from the front pastedown; cloth folding case. Philadelphia, 1817
- Notes: "William Coxe, who was born in Philadelphia, wrote the first home-grown American book on fruit-growing... [At his farm in Burlington, New Jersey] he grew most European and American varieties available, importing several from France or Holland besides developing new ones... His elaborate descriptions are linked to the relevant drawings, though not all the varieties are illustrated"--Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona 57; Sabin 17313.
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