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