| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 155 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index. |
| 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 |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Herbarium -- History -- The field -- Exploration -- Women -- For hire -- Science -- The hobby -- Herbaria -- The new world -- Scientific fascination -- Hobby and decoration -- Exotics -- Botanical Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
National Herbarium of New South Wales.
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National Herbarium of New South Wales. |
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Botany -- Australia -- History.
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Botany. |
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Australia. |
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History. |
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Plant collecting -- Australia -- History.
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Plant collecting. |
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Plant collectors -- Australia -- History.
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Plant collectors. |
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Australia.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Hay, Ashley.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stacey, Robyn. Herbarium. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521842778 0521603927 (DLC) 2004015795 (OCoLC)55887314 |
| ISBN |
0511082320 (electronic book) |
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9780511082320 (electronic book) |
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1280415924 |
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9781280415920 |
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9780511196249 (e-book) |
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0511196245 (e-book) |
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0521842778 (Cloth) |
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0521603927 (slip case) |
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9780521842778 |
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