Apples, pears, plums, and other seasonal delights move Shakespeare to ecstasy, Garcia-Marquez to mystical observations, and Eliot to ask, "Do I dare to eat a peach?" The paintings by Chardin, Rossetti, and Durer offer only a taste of fruit's eternal appeal. 40 color illustrations.
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Apples, pears, plums, and other seasonal delights move Shakespeare to ecstasy, Garcia-Marquez to mystical observations, and Eliot to ask, "Do I dare to eat a peach?" The paintings by Chardin, Rossetti, and Durer offer only a taste of fruit's eternal appeal. 40 color illustrations.
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Add this copy of Fruits (the Cultivated Gardener) to cart. $8.83, good condition, Sold by BookHolders rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gambrills, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Collins Publishers San Francisco.
Add this copy of Fruits. the Cultivated Gardener Series to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by CollinsPublisherSanFrancisco.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. Book 10400 shelf. NOT a cook book. Square pictorial black bds. No names, clean text. No dust jacket. Printed in Italy. "A Swans Island Book." Lovely color repros along with quotations about fruit. Texts: Goethe, Sharon Olds, Lorca, et al. Repros of Clare Leighton, Chardin, Jessica Hayllar, etc.
