A treatise on the Ananas or pine-apple : containing plain and easy directions for raising this most excellent fruit without fire, and in much higher perfection than from the stove : illustrated with an elegant copper plate in which is exhibited the new invented pine-frame &c., peculiarly adapted for that use, with another shewing the fruit colour'd from nature : to which are added full directions for raising melons - Taylor, Adam, active 18th century; Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress) (Devizes : Printed by T. Burrough for the author and sold by Messrs. Robinson and Roberts [and 15 others]; London : [and elsewhere], 1769)
The pineapple plate is hand-colored.
Signatures: ap4 (BB-Ep8(B.s
Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib.
LC copy wanting the pine-frame plate.
Source: Gift of A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939.
Keywords: Pineapple; Melons