[SPECIMEN BOOK OF THE HOOPES BRO. & THOMAS COMPANY NURSERY, CONTAINING 112 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES].

Extensive salesman's nursery specimen book from the Hoopes Bro. & Thomas Company nursery of West Chester, Pennsylvania, containing one hundred twelve chromolithographic plates. This book contains a mixture of plates, primarily from the Vredenburg and Rochester Lithograph Companies, both located in Rochester, New York. The plates range in date from the 1880s to the early 20th century. Specimens on offer include and extensive selection of plums, pears, cherries, apples, peaches, grapes, berries, roses, flowering shrubs, and trees. Original black cloth, wallet-style binding. Heavily worn. Folds open into eight panels, with each row of plates connected with pink linen straps. Some light wear and soiling to plates. Some contemporary notations. In a cloth clamshell case. Good.