Many thanks for the prompt replies and suggestions offered in response to my request. I'll be at the NYBG Library next Tuesday and Thursday, and will see which of the books mentioned are in their collections. The first ten books need to be chosen and images selected before December 6th when a photographer will arrive. These will be used for preliminary publicity. Besides the 1910 cut-off date I was given (and I imagine there's a modicum of flexibility in this) other limits are - the Leiden exhibit opens in a few months, so restrictions on Clusius and tulips. However the woodcut of Acis (= Leucojum) vernum, pl. 149 in /Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Pannoniam/, published in Antwerp in 1583 would be O.K. for the Bulb exhibition. (And in this book it's called Leucoium bulbosum.) There is a planned exhibition on Japan after the bulb exhibition closes, so I cannot use Von Siebold but Kaempfer and Thunberg are O.K. (Admittedly, that distinction puzzles me somewhat.) The goal, obviously, is to create a lovely display that presents beautiful books in the Library's collection which the general public does not get to see, while informing them both as to the topic / theme, and also about the books. John, you've mentioned many books on my preliminary working list of 9 or 10 books but have offered excellent suggestions for many that were not. One that's on my list which I just have to use is Trew: /Hortus nitidissimus/ The illustrations are by Ehret, and his work is magnificent. Jim, your suggestions are also right on the mark as I want to have a horticultural / garden aspect to this exhibition. After all, bulbs are for growing, correct? Alberto, for sure I'll have to examine the /Florilegium Harlemense/. You cannot imagine what a pleasure it is to go into the rare book room and be surrounded by this fabulous books, centuries old, many folios with the most superb illustrations. The current Redoute exhibition has a peony that leaps off the paper. The more I looked the deeper I could see into the double pink petals of the flower's heart. Keep the suggestions coming. It's not a popularity contest and the books with the most votes get into the display case. It's just that the NYBG library collection is so vast that any help that narrows my search, points me in a useful direction is very much appreciated. Shall I post the occasional update as I move along, or is this too off-topic? With Thanksgiving wishes for peaceful happy days in a garden of flowers. Judy