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.
- New York Botanical Garden
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
About this work
Description
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.
Publication/Creation
Bronx, New York : The New York Botanical Garden ; New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
Physical description
xxiii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Contents
Noble science : building the library collection / Susan M. Fraser -- European medieval and Renaissance herbals / Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi -- "Plants in their perfection" : the botanical garden and the illustrated book / Therese O'Malley -- Pleasure gardens in print : recreation and education in the landscape, 1550-1850 / Vanessa Bezemer Sellers -- Linnaeus and the foundation of modern botany / Gina Douglas -- New World explorations : Brazil / H. Walter Lack -- Creating a North American flora / Elizabeth S. Eustis with David Andrews -- Early American horticultural traditions : gardening with plants from the New World / Mark Laird -- Toward an American landscape theory / Judith K. Major -- The horticultural enterprise : markets, mail, and media in nineteenth-century America / Elizabeth S. Eustis -- "An American Kew" / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Botanical librariesNew York (State)New York.
- Book collectingNew York (State)New York.
- BotanyBibliographyCatalogs
- HorticultureBibliographyCatalogs
- Botanical illustrationBibliographyCatalogs
- Illustrated booksBibliographyCatalogs
- Rare booksBibliographyCatalogs
- Botanyhistory
- Books, Illustrated
- Rare Bookshistory
- Librarieshistory
- LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAQ.AL.623Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780300196627
- 0300196628