Book ID: 116365
Fabri, Regine
The vasculum or botanical collecting box. Symbol of the nineteenth-century botanist, now an obsolete relic. 2024. col. illus. 269 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
This is an English translation of the 2021 French edition.
For more than two centuries, the botanizing drum, a green or black tin box, accompanied generations of botanists and plant hunters on their excursions. Also called a vasculum, this attribute housed countless specimens, some of which are today the pride of our large herbarium collections.
Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations and quotes, the book traces the history of this old-fashioned accessory - today preserved in numerous museums and beloved by collectors - from its strange origins and glory years to its silent decline.