Flora Illustrata

Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden

Vanessa Bezemer Sellers , Ed. Susan M Fraser

New Hardback Illustrated

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The LuEsther T Mertz Library houses an outstanding collection of horticultural and botanical works, including medieval illuminated manuscripts, Renaissance herbals, natural histories and 19th-century seed catalogues. In eleven chapters by distinguished scholars, this richly illustrated volume explores the collection through a number of themes, among them, the landscaping of the New York Botanical Garden, the literature of botanical discovery, and celebrated works on American gardening and horticulture.

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