Book ID: 86180
Stacey, Robyn and Ashley Hay
Herbarium. 2005. 115 col. plates. 155 p. Large 4to. Hardcover.
This stunning book ofphotographs by Robyn Stacey is the first of its kind. Together with essayist Ashley Hay they throw open the closed doors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney herbarium, and tell fascinating stories about the nature of collecting, those who collected, what they collectedand when, and the scientific background to each of the specimens. A glossary of botanical descriptions provides a unique link between the specimens and their collectors, and photogaphs of the botanical specimens - some now extinct - comprise a collection of rare beauty.