TREE-BOOK.. A VERY ODD BOOK ABOUT AND WITH TREES.

Trees. 16 kinds of wood and trees. Tree book compiled by Erik Richter in 1987 as a souvenir for a wood exhibition at Läckö Castle, Lidköping. Here in the 3rd edition from 1993. Published by Norrgavel i Lund
A finely carved birch ash in the shape of a book with its back covered with bark. In the box with plexilock lie 16 wood samples. The booklet contains the 16 trees/tree species described with each spread. The text of a booklet on the origin and growing conditions of the tree, myths and folk remedies, as well as the properties and use of wood. Stored in a simple cardboard cassette.
Measuring approx. 16 cm. x 12 cm.