The book begins with two colour photographs, the rest of the pages being photocopies.

Reference note:
The book shows the complete series of collages of 473 plants, collected in the meadow near Eschenau; the book is divided in 16 parts; on the front of the pages the 473 plants and grasses are reproduced in Xerox-copy on paper (29.7 × 21 cm); a number followed by two letters indicates the location of the specimens in each of the 16 squares; the book contains a folded map (heliography, opened 59.8 × 47.5 cm) showing a square of 40 × 40 cm divided in 16 squares horizontally numbered A, B, C, D and vertically W, X, Y, Z and inside each square the location of all plants are marked and numbered 1 etc.; the handwritten titlepage is followed by a handwritten colophon and by 2 pages with photographs (8.8 × 13 cm) of 16 dm² in the meadow with and without the plants; bound in canvas

Exhibition notes:
Gaia: Dialogue between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities. JBCBA, WAM. Curated by David Paton & Ciara Struwig. 16 September – 12 December 2025

Ref: GB/11990