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Count Egon Corti Collection on Pomology
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Title: Count Egon Corti Collection on Pomology
Dates: 1805-1915
Collection Number: D-010
Creator/Collector:
Corti, Count Egon (1886-1953)
Extent: 5.1 linear feet.
Repository:
UC Davis. Special Collections
Davis, California 95616-5292
Abstract: Lithographs, drawings, books, and manuscript notes used for nineteenth century German pomological texts. Illustrations are
primarily of apples and pears.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and
is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Count Egon Corti Collection on Pomology. UC Davis. Special Collections
Transferred to Library by Department of Pomology, circa 1940-1950.
Biography/Administrative History
Staff officer in the Imperial Royal Austrian Army; history student in Vienna; author of many popular historical works, mostly
biographies. His most popular book, Elizabeth die seltsame Frau, was translated into ten languages and thirty three editions
were published.
Scope and Content of Collection
Lithographs, drawings, books, and manuscript notes used for nineteenth century German pomological texts. Illustrations are
primarily of apples and pears. The works in this collection were likely bequeathed to Count Corti by his uncle, pomologist
Hugo M. Müller.
Fruit-culture