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Great Tulip Book: Admirael Der Admiraels de Gouda Illustration Botanique, Vintage Botanical Prints, Dutch Artists, Botanical Illustrations, Botanical Drawings, Flower Art Painting, Botanical Flowers, Vintage Botanical, Antique Prints

Description A mercantile craze for tulips, known as "Tulipomania," arose in Holland in the early seventeenth century. Native to Turkey, the tulip was introduced into Europe in 1554 and quickly became popular in Holland. The insatiable demand for the beautiful, rare bulbs reached its height in 1636, when prices soared and flower merchants enjoyed great wealth. This album of watercolors was used by a wealthy Dutch merchant and grower to show his clients the different varieties of tulip bulbs…

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