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I had the rare opportunity to study the magnificent Fora Graeca, with nearly 1000 hand-colored engravings of flora from two expeditions made by botanist John Sibthorp and botanical artist Ferdinand Bauer to the Ottoman Empire: Greece and Turky during the last quarter of eighteenth century. Only 25 copies were published from 1806 -1840, making it one of the rarest botanical books ever compiled and the most expensive; it became an almost mythical book. I had access to all 10 volumes as a reader at the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece in preparation for the exhibition, Ex-Libris, in the Markriyannis exhibition space of the school with my artist collective AFI (Jan 20 - March 29, 2026). I am fascinated by the imprint of time in the oil stains on the facing pages to the engravings and am working on a series of lithographs: Ghosts of Flora Graeca.