Martius. The Book of Palms. 40th Ed.
H. Walter Lack
Martius. The Book of Palms. 40th Ed.
H. Walter Lack
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English
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Description
After an epic Amazonian journey through Brazil and Peru from 1817 to 1820, German botanist Carl von Martius compiled a catalogue of all known genera of palm trees. This encyclopedic work, reproduced in our volume, is a jewel of 19th-century botany and is celebrated for its detailed classifications, maps, color landscapes and diagrams.
“An outstanding work: aesthetically as well as in content... A milestone of botanical research.”
“Beautifully detailed... A landmark in taxonomic description, botanical illustration, and the realistic representation of species in the landscape.”
“A beautiful, exuberant book..”
H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN’s Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms and Redouté. The Book of Flowers.
“An outstanding work: aesthetically as well as in content... A milestone of botanical research.”
“Beautifully detailed... A landmark in taxonomic description, botanical illustration, and the realistic representation of species in the landscape.”
“A beautiful, exuberant book..”
H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN’s Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms and Redouté. The Book of Flowers.