Collecting ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and women botanical artists / Penny Olsen.
Publication details: Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia Publishing, [2013]; ©2013.Description: x, 237 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780642277534 (pbk.) :
- Ferdinand von Mueller and women botanical artists
- 740.92294 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 740.922 OLS | Available | 054074 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-211), list of illustrations (pages 212-227) and index.
Around 1870 Ferdinand von Mueller, the greatest Australian botanist of the nineteenth century, began to advertise in several newspapers across Australia for lady plant collectors.