A 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 creator Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress) text enk Devizes London Printed by T. Burrough for the author and sold by Messrs. Robinson and Roberts [and 15 others] [and elsewhere] 1769 monographic eng

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[2], vi, 62, [2] p. (the last leaf blank), [2] folded leaves of plates : 2 ill. (1 col.) (engravings) ; 20 cm. (8vo) by Adam Taylor. The pineapple plate is hand-colored. Signatures: a⁴ B-E⁸. LC copy wanting the pine-frame plate. Source: Gift of A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939. Pineapple Melons SB375 .T39 1769 634/.774 Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 456 agr26000850 DNAL 891025 20260227110945.0 agr26000850