Herbarium Centrale Italicum (Phanerogamic section): the genesis and structure of a herbarium. The main collections the collectors, the handwriting samples and the personell in its 150 - year history. 1999. (Mus.Storia Nat.,Firenze, Sezione Botanica 'E. Parlatore', Pubblicazione,vol. 126). illus. 466 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

The authors give a precise and detailed account of the scholars whosebotanical collections (both major and minor) are kept in the HerbariumCentrale Italicum (limited to the phanerogamic part). The work, however,is not limited to a simple catalogue of the collectors whose materialis present in the Herbarium Centrale Italicum. To offer the reader awider and more complete picture of how this important and conspicuousherbarium collection has been realized (the first in Italy and one ofthe main ones in Europe) in the space of two centuries, the authors alsoillustrate the most significant events of the history of the BotanicalMuseum as far as the personel and their related activities areconcerned. - Quoted from the introduction.