{"product_id":"von-martius-the-book-of-palms-40th-ed-9783836587815","title":"Von Martius. the Book of Palms. 40th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): H. Walter Lack\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn December 15, 1868, \u003cstrong\u003eCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. The fronds were a reference to his groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eNatural History of Palms: a work in three volumes\u003c\/em\u003e, published between 1823 and 1853.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This encyclopedic treasury of \u003cstrong\u003e240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations \u003c\/strong\u003ewas based on von Martius's expeditions through Brazil and Peru. From 1817 to 1820, he traveled over \u003cstrong\u003e2,250 km (1,400 miles) through the Amazon basin\u003c\/strong\u003e to investigate natural history and native tribes with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The result was an \u003cstrong\u003eunrivaled catalogue of all known genera of the palm family\u003c\/strong\u003e, outlining the modern classification of palms, describing all the palms of Brazil, and producing the \u003cstrong\u003efirst maps of palm biogeography\u003c\/strong\u003e. Von Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees, which central Europeans would have found hard to imagine accurately. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms--often standing alone in\u003cstrong\u003e simple and elegant beauty\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44931509551255,"sku":"9783836587815","price":2704.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836587815.webp?v=1767896041","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/von-martius-the-book-of-palms-40th-ed-9783836587815","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}