This is a story about a flower that has made man mad. Greed, desire, anguish, devotion have all played their part… No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour… plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution.
Anna Pavord, The Tulip
er Augustus was a Rosen tulip, but to call it simply a red and white flower would be like describing rubies and emeralds as red and green stones.
Mike Dash, Tulipomania: The Story Of The World’s Most Coveted Flower And The Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
Limited Edition of 50 copies printed by L’AtelieRisographie Kyiv exists...