| Description |
vii, 155 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgements vi -- Introduction 1 -- Ashley Hay -- Plates 31 -- The new world -- Scientific fascination -- Hobby and decoration -- Exotics -- Robyn Stacey -- Botanical notes -- National Herbarium of New South Wales -- Index -- Contents -- Acknowledgements vi -- Introduction 1 -- Ashley Hay -- Plates 31 -- The new world -- Scientific fascination -- Hobby and decoration -- Exotics -- Robyn Stacey -- Botanical notes -- National Herbarium of New South Wales -- Index |
| Summary |
"This book of photographs by Robyn Stacey, one of this country's finest photographers, is the first of its kind. Stacey, along with essayist, Ashley Hay, throws open the closed doors of the National Herbarium of New South Wales at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, to reveal the secret history of Australia's flora. Herbarium tells stories about the nature of collecting, those who collected, what they collected and when, and also provides the scientific background to each of the specimens. A list of botanical notes provides a unique link between the specimens and their collectors."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
National herbarium of new south wales |
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Herbaria |
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Plant collections |
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Specimens |
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Collectors (Occupation) |
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Botany |
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History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 151-152 |
| Subject |
Stacey, Robyn.
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Stacey, Robyn., 1952-
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National Herbarium of New South Wales.
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Herbaria -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Botany -- Australia -- History.
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Plant collecting -- Australia -- History.
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Plant collectors -- Australia -- History.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Bildband
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| Author |
Hay, Ashley.
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National Herbarium of New South Wales.
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| LC no. |
2004015795 |
| ISBN |
0521603927 Slipcased |
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0521842778 hardback |
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