9783836566148-3836566141-The Book of Palms / Das Buch der Palmen / Le livre des palmiers

The Book of Palms / Das Buch der Palmen / Le livre des palmiers

ISBN-13: 9783836566148
ISBN-10: 3836566141
Edition: Multilingual
Author: H. Walter Lack
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Format: Hardcover 412 pages
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ISBN-13: 9783836566148
ISBN-10: 3836566141
Edition: Multilingual
Author: H. Walter Lack
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Format: Hardcover 412 pages

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The Book of Palms / Das Buch der Palmen / Le livre des palmiers (ISBN-13: 9783836566148 and ISBN-10: 3836566141), written by authors H. Walter Lack, was published by Taschen America Llc in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Artists' Books (Individual Artists, Botany, Biological Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Book of Palms / Das Buch der Palmen / Le livre des palmiers (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Artists' Books books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $18.39.

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On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), 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. These were a reference to his groundbreaking Historia naturalis palmarum: opus tripartitum (Natural History of Palms: a work in three volumes), published between 1823 and 1853. At the time, this encyclopedic treasury contained the sum of human knowledge on the topic, and included 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations, including landscape views of palm habitats and botanical dissections.This epic folio was based on von Martius’s expedition to Brazil and Peru with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix, sponsored by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, to investigate natural history and native tribes. From 1817 to 1820 the pair traveled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) throughout the Amazon basin, the most species-rich palm region in the world, collecting and sketching specimens. On their return both men were awarded knighthoods and lifetime pensions.

In his epic work, von Martius outlined the modern classification of palm, produced the first maps of palm biogeography, described all the palms of Brazil, and collated the sum of all known genera of the palm family. Apart from his own collection of specimens and notes, von Martius also wrote about the findings of others. 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―which have a simple and elegant beauty. This famous work is an unrivaled landmark in botanic illustration and taxonomy.

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