Herbarium / Robyn Stacey & Ashley Hay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stacey, Robyn, author.

Hay, Ashley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Herbarium of New South Wales.

Botany--Australia--History.

Botany.

Plant collecting--Australia--History.

Plant collecting.

Plant collectors--Australia--History.

Plant collectors.

Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--Australia.

Botanical specimens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 155 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This stunning book of photographs by Robyn Stacey, one of Australia's greatest photographers, 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 reveal the secret history of Australia's flora. Herbarium tells fascinating stories about the nature of collecting, those who collected, what they collected and 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 exquisite photographs of the botanical specimens - some now extinct - comprise a collection of rare beauty.

Contents:

Ashley Hay

Plates

The new world

Scientific fascination

Hobby and decoration

Exotics

Robyn Stacey

Botanical notes

National Herbarium of New South Wales.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14047-1

1-280-41592-4

9786610415922

0-511-19624-5

0-511-17074-2

0-511-08232-0

0-511-29791-2

0-511-48154-3

0-511-08187-1

OCLC:

171136976