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 (chiefly color), maps, portraits ;  30 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. The library of the New York Botanical Garden. Noble science : building the library collection / Susan M. Fraser -- Part II. Great herbals, flower books, and garden prints. 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 -- Part III. Groundbreaking works on botanical discovery. 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 -- Part IV. Celebrated works on American gardening and horticulture. 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 -- Part V. The landscape of the New York Botanical Garden. "An American Kew" / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers. 
<br/><br/> "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 more than one million cataloged 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."--Dust jacket. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300196627 0300196628 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014931108 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB4B5920  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101658763  DNLM 016897711  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>LuEsther T. Mertz Library.<br/>LuEsther T. Mertz Library--Catalogs.<br/>LuEsther T. Mertz Library--History.<br/>LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Books, Illustrated--history--New York City.<br/>Botany--history--New York City.<br/>Libraries--history--New York City.<br/>Library Collection Development--history--New York City.<br/>Rare Books--history--New York City.<br/>Botanical libraries--New York (State)--New York.<br/>Book collecting--New York (State)--New York.<br/>Botany--Bibliography--Catalogs.<br/>Horticulture--Bibliography--Catalogs.<br/>Botanical illustration--Bibliography--Catalogs.<br/>Illustrated books--Bibliography--Catalogs.<br/>Rare books--Bibliography--Catalogs.<br/>Book collecting.<br/>Botanical illustration.<br/>Botanical libraries.<br/>Botany.<br/>Horticulture.<br/>Illustrated books.<br/>Rare books.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New York (State)--New York.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Bibliography--Catalogs.<br/>Catalogs.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QK98.3  / .N48 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>016.58 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QK 98.15  / N567 2014