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Cultivated Power: Flowers, Culture, And Politics In The Reign Of Louis XIV
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Book cover for 9780812238266
 
from Univ of Pennsylvania Pr (March 7, 2005)
9780812238266 | details & prices | 330 pages | 7.00 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 2.20 lbs | List price $59.95
About: Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants, many of which were becoming known in Europe for the first time, piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, dukes and kings.