Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants by Jennifer Potter ISBN 13: 9781843543343

Atlantic Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Atlantic Books, 2006.. In seventeenth-century Britain, a new breed of 'curious' gardeners was pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were stealing into Europe from East and West. The man responsible for introducing many if these plants to Britain was John Tradescant...His fabulous collection of curiousities and rare plants known as Tradescant's Ark, became Britain's first public museum. When Tradescant died, his son returned from plant-hunting in Virginia to inherit his father's collection and position as keeper of the royal vines, garderns and silkworms at Oatlands Palace." Pp.xxix/464, 18 black & white plates and 7 colour plates, plus many illustrations in the text. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Atlantic Books, 2006. xxix, 464, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9781843543343]

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.