Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The Tradescants' orchard : the mystery of a seventeenth-century painted fruit book
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Bodleian Library
Place
Date
2013
Physical Description
120 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 31 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781851242771
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
1. 'A curiosity in Mr Ashmole's Museum'
2. 'A world of wonders in one closet shut'
3. 'Fruits and all manner of creatures'
4. 'An orchard of all sorte of fruit bearing trees'
5. A 400-year-old legacy
The Tradescants' orchard.
Public Access Text
Includes facsimile reproduction of original 17th-century manuscript (Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Ashomole 1461). Includes bibliographical references (page [118]) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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