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KNOOP, Johann Hermann (ca. 1706–1769). Pomologie, ou Description des Meilleures Sortes de Pommes et de Poires. [Bound with:] Fructologie, ou Description des Arbres Fruitiers. Amsterdam: M. Magerus, 1771. 2 works bound in one, small folio (333 x 205 mm). 39 engraved plates with hand-coloring, woodcut initials, head– and tail–pieces. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, 5 raised bands, gilt centerpieces in compartments (hinges and joints repaired, boards rubbed); quarter morocco gilt folding box. Provenance: The Horticultural Society of New York (gift bookplate from Kenneth K. Mackenzie, October 1934; embossed stamp on S2). FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, first published in 1758 at Leeuwarden in Dutch. Knoop, considered to be the founder of the field of pomology, was the first to publish scientific explanations of apples and pears from the Netherlands, Germany, England and France. Brunet III: 681; Dunthorne 171; Nissen BBI 1077, 1079; Oak Spring Pomona, p. 131.