Woods of the world indexed as “library” of “books”

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Woods of the world indexed as “library” of “books”
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I’ve been interested in collecting woods for a long time. The International Wood Collectors Society is the premier collectors organization, and they promulgate a “standard sample block” measuring 6″ x 3″ x 1/2″. The smaller IWCS-size samples are much cheaper than these wooden “books” offered by Worlds Wood Library, but there’s no denying the elegance of this idea as a display. The common name is cut into the book’s “spine,” and the latin binomial into its “cover.”

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4 thoughts on “Woods of the world indexed as “library” of “books”

  1. Dave says:

    Beautiful library “books”!
    I like the idea, too bad WWL didn’t know that the species component of the binomial is always lower case…

    Dave

  2. loondawg says:

    Similar idea done many years ago. However these books are about the trees and not just the wood.

    http://www.tesaf.unipd.it/Sanvito/woodbook.asp

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