CORNUCOPIA OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Close-up photos of plump apricots, juicy mangoes and crisp lettuce are familiar to us all through cookery books and garden guides. But seeing fruit and vegetables as detailed art, viewed through eighteenth-century eyes, is something very different. This book features exquisite period botanical engravings, featuring both common and unusual fruits and vegetables, allowing us to enjoy the sight of swan-necked gourds and horned lemons, smile at silkworms hovering over mulberries and delight at the quirkiness of ‘strawberry spinach’. A delicious medley of garden produce and exotics that will capture the imagination of gardeners and art-lovers alike.