Monday, 20 February 2017

Pomona (a modern reproduction) by John Evelyn

Title: Pomona, Or an appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider the making                         and several ways of ordering it.
Author: John Evelyn
Year: 1670
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 71
Price new: £13.99 (Amazon)* (I'd wait for the price to drop before buying)
*accurate at the time of posting

Description: (TLDR)
A recent reproduction of the original in the Bodelian Library. The scanned pages in paperback.

On the back of the book it says:
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