Tulipomania
Subtitle: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
Edition: Largeprint edition
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780783895147
Subjects: Netherlands; History; Gardening; Gardening / Horticulture; Tulips; Gardening/Plants; Tulip mania, 17th century; Large type books; Flowers - General; 17th century; Economic conditions
First sentence: They came from all over Holland, dressed like crows in black from head to foot and journeying along frozen tracks rendered treacherous by the scars of a thousand hooves and narrow wheels.