Docteur Capron

This fine, hand-colored lithograph is from the rare work entitled Annales de Pomologie Belge et Etrangere [Annals of Belgian and Foreign Pomology]. The well-known Alexandre Bivort authored this work along with Lauren Seraph and Joseph de Bavay. It was published in Brussels by F. Parent in 1857 by the Royal Commission of the Pomological Institute by the Belgian King. The work contained over 300 plates of various fruits that were cultivated predominantly in Belgium but included fruits from all over Europe. The work set standards in its time as a reference for other later pomological works.