Folio engraving in fine hand colour.

Plate marks: 35 x 25 cm on large leaf.

Published , Leeuwarden by  Abraham Ferwerda [& Gerrit Tresling], 1758.

Reference: Stafleu-C. 3766-68 and Nissen, BBI 1077-78

Excellent condition. Folds as issued flattened.

Knoop was head gardener to the Dowager Princess of Orange at Marienburg, near Leeuwarden. From the first monograph fruit with colored plates of fruit and fruit trees.

Depicting apple variations.