Antique Apple & Pear Prints by Pfeiffer 1912 Herbst-Reinette

Graue Herbst-Reinette
7 3/4 by 10 3/4 inches.
A black & white rendition of the tree is printed on the verso.
OBS29 $85

The fruits of Europe are beautifully rendered in this collection of prints from the grower's guide "Empfehlenswerte Obstsorten." Josef Loschnig, M.H. Muller, and Heinrich Pfeiffer wrote guides to growing fruit in different regions of Germany. This guide, published in Vienna in 1912, is for the "Niederosterreich" region.

The artful arrangement of the prints includes the blossom and an example of the leaf, and in many cases a cross-section of the fruit. Many of the plates are embellished with gum arabic. Each print measures 10 3/4" by 7 3/4" on a thick creamy stock. On the verso of each chromolithograph is an image of the fruit's actual tree. Prints are accompanied by the relevant original descriptive text.