[pbs] Buried Treasures catalog
DaveKarn at aol.com
DaveKarn at aol.com
Thu Oct 19 00:10:50 EDT 2006
Hi Judy ~
Thanks much for sending the exhibition catalog; marvelously done! I have to
admit being totally flattered that my contribution even rated a mention for
something so minor! I try and collect old botanical prints and books but with
something so expensive, I don't often get much. I have to satisfy myself with
reprints which, of course, while often very fine, don't have quite the feel of
something hundreds of years old! However, I did obtain what is purported to
be a page from Emanuel Sweert's Florilegeum. It is hand colored picture of
(what I recall to be) a scilla of pale lavender-blue; I think it is also on
vellum. I haven't seen the sheet since it has been packed away since we moved to
CA some six years ago. According to the dealer, the Florilegeum was published
in 1604. One of the exhibits in Buried Treasures is also a page from this
book but the date of publication is given as 1612. I suppose it's a minor thing
but I'd like to know for certain. Too, is there somewhere I could look at
the pages (digitally or in a reprint) in this florilegeum to see if what I have
actually appears in the book?
Best,
Dave Karnstedt
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