Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog antique grain painting combs I don't think these are

I don't think these are very old

Of course I am not smart enough to solve them

4 7/8" x 3 1/16

Board covers with handwritten title

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog antique grain painting combs I don't think these areA radiant Champion Quince, glowing like sunshine. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the quince here was rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of