The Tulip

Author(s): Pavord, Anna

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Near Fine
Dust Jacket:	Yes
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket Protection:	N/A
Edition:	1st Edition
Impression:	1st Impression
Signature:	None
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Bloomsbury
Publication Year:	1999
Publication Place:	London, UK
ISBN:	9780747542964
Book ID:	014292
Catalogue(s):	Beautiful Books ◇ Nature and Natural History ◇ History - Europe

First edition, later printing. 440pp with numerous colour plate illustrations and other decorations in text. In green boards with gilt lettering, decorated endpapers. Slightly dust marked upper text block edge and gentle rounding at spine head, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket (lightly bumped along top edge). . This is not a gardening book, but the story of a flower that has made men mad. Roaming through Asia, India, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Pavord tells how the wildflower tulip arrived in Western Europe from Turkey and took Western Europe by storm. A beautiful book.

Keywords:

Plants Flowers Botanical Illustrations Tulips Natural History