Red & White Tulip Boxed Notecards Morgan's Bibles Images © The Morgan Library

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Red & White Tulip Boxed Notecards Morgan's Bibles Images © The Morgan LibraryTulips, native to Central Asia, reached the Netherlands via the Ottoman court in the sixteenth century. By the second quarter of the seventeenth century, the flowers elegant form and almond shaped petals, available in a vibrant array of colors and patterns, was a ubiquitous and conspicuous sign of the fledgling Dutch Republics economic prowess. Tulip books (tulpenboeken), albums containing detailed watercolor drawings of tulips, also emerged during