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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Seller's Description:
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.
