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010			_a2014931108
020			_a9780300196627 _qhbk.
020			_a0300196628 _qhbk.
035			_a(OCoLC)875644465 _z(OCoLC)876003174
040			_aYDXCP _beng _cYDXCP _dBDX _dERASA _dOCLCQ _dUKMGB _dVXG _dOCLCO _dBTCTA _dYAM _dCDX _dUOK _dZCU _dOCLCQ _dOCLCF _dOSU _dUtOrBLW _erda
049			_aBAUN_MERKEZ
050		4	_aArt/QK98.3 _b.N48 2014
110	2		_aNew York Botanical Garden,
245	1	0	_aFlora illustrata : _bgreat works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden / _cedited by Susan M. Fraser and Vanessa Bezemer Sellers ; foreword by Gregory Long.
264		1	_aBronx, New York : _bThe New York Botanical Garden ; _aNew Haven ; _aLondon : _bYale University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_axxiii, 296 pages : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; _c30 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bstill image _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.
505	0		_tNoble science : building the library collection / _rSusan M. Fraser _t--European medieval and Renaissance herbals / _rLucia Tongiorgi Tomasi _t--"Plants in their perfection" : the botanical garden and the illustrated book / _rTherese O'Malley _t--Pleasure gardens in print : recreation and education in the landscape, 1550-1850 / _rVanessa Bezemer Sellers _t--Linnaeus and the foundation of modern botany / _rGina Douglas _t--New World explorations : Brazil / _rH. Walter Lack _t--Creating a North American flora / _rElizabeth S. Eustis with David Andrews _t--Early American horticultural traditions : gardening with plants from the New World / _rMark Laird _t--Toward an American landscape theory / _rJudith K. Major _t--The horticultural enterprise : markets, mail, and media in nineteenth-century America / _rElizabeth S. Eustis _t--"An American Kew" / _rElizabeth Barlow Rogers.
520			_aThe 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.
610	2	0	_aLuEsther T. Mertz Library _vCatalogs.
610	2	0	_aLuEsther T. Mertz Library _xHistory.
650		0	_aBotanical libraries _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aBook collecting _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aBotany _vBibliography _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aHorticulture _vBibliography _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aBotanical illustration _vBibliography _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aIllustrated books _vBibliography _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aRare books _vBibliography _vCatalogs.
700	1		_aFraser, Susan M.,
700	1		_aSellers, Vanessa Bezemer,
710	2		_9111451 _aNew York Botanical Garden
710	2		_9111452 _aYale University Press
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