After Johann Herman Knoop (German, 1706-1769) 'Pomologia, dat is, beschryvingen en afbeeldingen van de beste zoorten van appels en peeren' eight plates from volume IV, 'Beschryving van de Peeren' (1758), engraved by Jacob Folkema and Jan Casper Philips, coloured by the publisher's daughters Plates I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII plate size 29.5 x 23cm (5) and 28 x 22cm (3) Provenance: The Germaine Greer collection. Condition report: All with a hard vertical crease running down the centre from top to bottom. All with occasional foxing, a little light dirt and paper discolouration, and some light staining adjacent to mount. The colours are faded on some. One torn in top right corner, another with a small hole near to lower edge. Not seen outside of glazed frames.