Why not: - Loudons: The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants -Step: Hardy bulbous plants Florilegium Harlemense Descriptions and life-size figures in colours of 148 varieties produced under the auspices of the general association of bulb-culturalists of Haarlem -Botanical register -Botanist's repository Alberto Italy --------- Initial Header ----------- From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org To : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Cc : Date : Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:40:27 -0500 Subject : [pbs] looking for pre-1910 bulb books > I'm looking for suggestions for historically important, beautifully > illustrated pre-1910 books. Here's why. > > I've been asked to curate an exhibit in the William D. Rondina and > Giovanni Foroni LoFaro Gallery of the New York Botanical Garden's > LuEsther T. Mertz Library. Opening October 6, 2006, the topic is - > drumroll please - bulbs. The working title is World of Bulbs. The theme > I've decided upon is Bulbs Around the World, At Home in the Garden. I > get to search through the stacks, the rare book room, their collection > of nursery catalogs, periodicals, request loans of material from other > institutions > . . . > > Guidelines: pre-1910, and no photographs. There are several books I know > for sure I want to include - Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury's A selection > of hexandrian plants, 1831 - 1834. There's a crinum so beautiful it > would make you sigh in delight. The library has 7 of the 8 volumes of > Redoute's Les liliacees, and I can use any except the two volumes in the > current exhibit. I want to display their copy of Besler's Hortus > eystettenis of 1613, great audience recognition factor, even if it is > that great big sunflower on tea towels and place mats. > > My goal is to present bulbs as world-wide, opening the doors beyond the > "Holland bulbs are here" syndrome. Offer a horticultural aspect - bulbs > are for planting. Here's where catalogs fit in. Maybe a herbarium sheet > or two. > > There are 7 main display cases against the walls, and 3 in the center. > "Loose" material can be framed and hung on the walls. The exhibit will > display 60 to 65 volumes. > > So, my knowledgeable cohorts in the PBS - any good 15th century up to > 1910 books you want to suggest? > > Judy, brimming over with excitement and enthusiasm > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Alberto Grossi Italy