Pomona italiana, ossia trattato degli alberi fruttiferi
By: di Giorgio Gallesio
Publisher: Presso N. Capurro
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Pisa
Language: ita
Subjects: Fruit-culture
Notes: Issued originally in 41 fasc.

In the library copy each vol. is bound in two, one of text, and one of plates corresponding to the descriptions in the text and arranged, with a few exceptions, in the same order. The text with the exception of the introduction, is unpublished and the plates are unnumbered. Of each plate there are two copies, one colored and one uncolored, except in 6 instances in which there is no uncolored copy. In all there are 160 colored plates (2 double) and 154 uncolored plates (2 double)

Excessively rare. The above includes everything that was published of this superb work. Two further livraraisons to contain frontispeieces, tables, etc. based on the MSS. left by Gallesio, were promised; they never appeared. Some of the plates are printed on two sheets, which are in some copies joined; in this copy they are bound separately. In the enumeration given above double plates are counted as one.

Dunthorne 118

Oak Spring Pomona, 52

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 683

Lib. copy has each vol. bound with both the text descriptions and corresponding plates. The text, with the exception of the introduction, is unpaginated and the plates are unnumbered.

Lib. copy 50844010882884 vol. I: the description for 'Uva Greca' and 'Uva Sanginella' are printed as manuscripts and the related plates do not have any printed captions.

Lib. copy 50844010882892 vol. IV Fichi: the text description of the Brianzolo fig is duplicated.

Lib. also owns a group of manuscripts by Gallesio, some of which are related to the Pomona italiana, most of them represent a small portion of his travel journal (Giornale di agricultura e viaggi - 8 volumes).