Tulipomania: the Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

New York: Crown Publisher, 1999. First American ed.; first printing (full number line). Large octavo in pale yellow color illus jacket; x, 273 pages: map; 22 cm; bibliographical references (pages 253-259). As new: very fine in very fine jacket now housed in archival mylar. in new dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780609604397

"A history of the tulip, from its origins in central Asia, to its place as the most coveted commodity in Europe; telling the story of the flower and some of the colorful characters whose lives were entwined with it."— Publisher. / Contents: A Mania for Tulips --; The Valleys of Tien Shan --; Within the Abode of Bliss --; Stranger from the East --; Clusius --; Leiden --; An Adornment to the Cleavage --; The Tulip in the Mirror --; Florists --; Boom --; At the Sign of The Golden Grape --; The Orphans of Wouter Winkel --; Bust --; Goddess of Whores --; At the Court of the Tulip King --; Late Flowering. / Tulip Mania, 1634-1637. Tulipomanie, 1634-1637. Economic history. Tulip Mania, 1634-1637. Tulpe Geschichte 1600-1699 Geographic: Netherlands -- History -- 17th century. Netherlands -- Economic conditions -- 17th century. Pays-Bas -- Histoire -- 17e siècle. Pays-Bas -- Conditions économiques -- 17e siècle. Netherlands.