Martius The Book Of Palms 45Th Ed H Walter Lack Taschen Gmbh Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

On December 15 1868 Carl Friedrich Philipp Von Martius (1794–1868) Professor Of Botany At The University Munich And Director Royal Botanic Garden Was Carried To His Grave In A Coffin Covered With Fresh Palm Leaves Fronds Were Reference Groundbreaking Natural History Palms: Work Three Volumes Published Between 1823 1853 This Encyclopedic Treasury 240 Exquisite Chromolithographic Illustrations Based Martius’s Expeditions Through Brazil Peru From 1817 1820 He Traveled Over 2 250 Km (1 400 Miles) Amazon Basin Investigate Native Tribes Zoologist Johann Baptist Spix Result An Unrivaled Catalogue All Known Genera Family Outlining Modern Classification Palms Describing Producing First Maps Biogeography Folio Is Unusual Its Inclusion Cross-Sectioned Diagrams Conveying Architecture These Mighty Trees Which Central Europeans Would Have Found Hard Imagine Accurately Equally Remarkable Are Color Landscapes Showing Various Palms—Often Standing Alone Simple Elegant Beauty Σελίδες: 512 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1030 Διαστάσεις: 6X15 6Cm