Specimens of Hair: The Curious Collection of Peter A. Browne

Strangely beautiful, utterly unique, "Specimens of Hair" presents the obsessive work of a 19th-century amateur naturalist who collected hundreds upon hundreds of specimens of hair—animal and human, Including thirteen of the first fourteen U.S. presidents—in his quest to understand the mysteries of the natural world.

No matter who we are, old or young, fashion conscious or style indifferent, we are all aware of hair. We wash it; we comb it; we cut, curl, and dye it. Hair can be envied or de...