Main entry:

Coats, Peter.

Title & Author:

Flowers in history.

Publication:

New York, Viking Press [1970]

Description:

264 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 26 cm.

Series:

A Studio book

Notes:
Camellia : flowers without scent, but of matchless perfection -- Carnation : which Rousseau called 'food for Phoebus' horses' -- Clematis : 'are as hardy as the oak ... come early into flower and only cease with the approach of winter' -- Delphinium : larkspurs provide the brightest blue of any garden plant -- Hellebore : 'and green its glaucous leaves expand with fingers like a mermaid's hand' -- Iris : the flower of the rainbow -- Lily : 'the dying lily puts the rose to shame' -- Magnolia : most beautiful of the flower trees -- magnolias originate in America and the Orient -- Peony : peonies are said to take their name from a successful doctor in Greek lengend -- Poppy : the flower of slumber and forgetfulness, now a national emblem of remembrance -- Primula : 'a primrose by the river's brim, a yellow primrose was to him' -- Rose : the most evocative and beautiful of flowers -- Tulip : flowers unknown in the West before the reign of Elizabeth I -- Viola : 'come take your due of garlands, violets woven' -- Pindar to the city of Athens -- Water lily : inspiration of the greatest Impressionist painter -- Herbs : 'the Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise, will not abhor them"

Summary:

This illustrated book describes the context of each flower throughout history, its popularization and place in society.

ISBN:

067055894X
9780670558940
0297179640
9780297179641

Subject:

Flowers History.
Fleurs Histoire.
Flowers.
europa
europe
geschiedenis
history
spermatophyta
bloeiende planten
flowering plants
Ornamental Plants
History (General)
Sierplanten
Geschiedenis (algemeen)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studio book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 327566
Call No.: 327566
Copy: 1
Status: Available