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Flora illustrata : great works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden / edited by Susan M. Fraser and Vanessa Bezemer Sellers ; foreword by Gregory Long. - xxiii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.

Noble science : building the library collection / --European medieval and Renaissance herbals / --"Plants in their perfection" : the botanical garden and the illustrated book / --Pleasure gardens in print : recreation and education in the landscape, 1550-1850 / --Linnaeus and the foundation of modern botany / --New World explorations : Brazil / --Creating a North American flora / --Early American horticultural traditions : gardening with plants from the New World / --Toward an American landscape theory / --The horticultural enterprise : markets, mail, and media in nineteenth-century America / --"An American Kew" / Susan M. Fraser Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi Therese O'Malley Vanessa Bezemer Sellers Gina Douglas H. Walter Lack Elizabeth S. Eustis with David Andrews Mark Laird Judith K. Major Elizabeth S. Eustis Elizabeth Barlow Rogers.

The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the twelfth century to the present, are represented in the library's collection of over one million items. In this sumptuously illustrated volume, international experts introduce us to some of the library's most fascinating works--exceedingly rare books, stunning botanical artworks, handwritten manuscripts, Renaissance herbals, nursery catalogs, explorers' notebooks, and more. The contributors hold these treasures up for close inspection and offer surprising insights into their histories and importance.

ISBN: 9780300196627 0300196628

LCCN: 2014931108

Subjects--Corporate Names:
LuEsther T. Mertz Library--Catalogs.
LuEsther T. Mertz Library--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Botanical libraries--New York (State)--New York.
Book collecting--New York (State)--New York.
Botany--Bibliography--Catalogs.
Horticulture--Bibliography--Catalogs.
Botanical illustration--Bibliography--Catalogs.
Illustrated books--Bibliography--Catalogs.
Rare books--Bibliography--Catalogs.

LC Class. No.: Art/QK98.3 / .N48 2014