‎CHRIST, JOHANN LUDWIG‎
‎Handbuch uber die Obstbaumzucht und Obstlehre. Zweyte vermehrte und verbesserte ausgabe. - [RARE WORK ON POMOLOGY]‎

‎Frankfurt am Mayn, Hermann, 1797. 8vo. In contemporary full calf. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Internally very nice and clean. XXXVI, 900 pp. + 4 folded plates (some are detached and with tears). ‎

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‎Rare second edition of this handbook on the cultivation of fruit trees and the study of fruit by of one of the major works by the co-founder of German pomology J. L. Christ (1739–1813), a pastor by profession, was the leading pomologist of his time. In two of his own tree nurseries, he dedicated himself to the cultivation of fruit trees and laid the foundation for systematic fruit growing. His systematic classification of fruit varieties is also significant‎