Charming C. 1930s Herbarium, 20 Specimens Preserved Under Wraps with Handwritten Descriptions U what a great face

what a great face

love all things book shaped

Marked Made in Germany

perhaps in a civic building

Most are about 3 1/4" tall x 1 3/8" wide

Charming C. 1930s Herbarium, 20 Specimens Preserved Under Wraps with Handwritten Descriptions U what a great faceThere are much more stunningly beautiful, much earlier herbarium out there, but I really love this one, with the collected botanical specimens preserved under film with celluloid tape around their borders, which has both kept them very well protected and makes the whole thing feel particularly time capsule esque. Twenty specimens here by my count, and some great ones among them, including a Jack in the Pulpit, which I at least have always thought