How about: Brunfels - Herbarum Vivae Eicones Gesner - perhaps not books, paintings Clusius- populariser of the tulip, lots of books Parkinson: Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, 1629, many plates of bulbs C van de Pas: Hortus Floridus, wonderful engravings, many of bulbs, including a mouse nibbling a Crocus sativus corm Hildebrandt: Monographie der Gattung Cyclamen Maw: Monograph of the Genus Crocus - superb plates Elwes: Monograph of the Genus Lilium, with folio plates by W.H. Fitch - fabulous! Curtis: Botanical Magazine, & why not Plate 1, Iris persica: could have a series to the present day, including for example the plate of Lachenalia sargeantii in the latest issue van Houtte: Flore des Serres - many interesting bulbs featured Herbert - works on Amaryllidaceae Thornton: Temple of Flora Burbidge: A little book of Daffodils Ferdinand Bauer: Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae Sibthorp & Smith: Flora Graeca (ills. by Ferd. Bauer) von Siebold: Flora Japonica Schott: Icones Aroidearum Dutch flower paintings if possible These are ones that spring to mind: what an amazing exhibition it could be! John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Glattstein" <jglatt@ptd.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:40 AM Subject: [pbs] looking for pre-1910 bulb books > I'm looking for suggestions for historically important, beautifully > illustrated pre-1910 books. Here's why. >