On december 15, 1868, carl friedrich philipp von martius 1794-1868 , professor of botany to thé university of munich spirit director of thé royal botanic garden, var carried two his dig in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. Thé fronds were a reference two his groundbreaking kind history of palms: a work in tre volumes, published mellem 1823 spirit 1853.This encyclopedic treasury of 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations var based on von martius s expeditions through brazil spirit peru. From 1817 two 1820, han traveled över 2,250 km 1,400 miles through thé amazon basin two investigate kind history spirit native tribes with zoologist johann baptist von spix.Thé result var an unrivaled catalog of all known generalife of thé palm family, outlining thé modern classification of palms, beskrive all thé palms of brazil, spirit producing thé first maps of palm biogeography. Von martius s folio ice unusual in sitt inclusion of cross sectioned diagrams, conveying thé architecture of disse mighty trees, som central europeans would have found hard two imagine accurately. Lika remarkable oar thé color landscapes showing forskellige palms ofte understanding alone in simple spirit elegant beauty.
Hardcover, 25 x 34.5 Cm, 412 pages
