Martius by H Walter Lack

Martius by H Walter Lack

After an epic Amazonian journey through Brazil and Peru, German botanist von Martius compiled an unsurpassed catalogue of all known genera of palm. This exquisite encyclopedic treasury is a jewel of 19th-century botany, as remarkable for its meticulous classification, as it is for its maps, color landscapes, and cross-sectioned diagrams showing the architecture of these majestic trees.

“An outstanding work: aesthetically as well as in content.. A milestone of botanical research.” * FAZ *
“Beautifully detailed... A landmark in taxonomic description, botanical illustration, and the realistic representation of species in the landscape.” * The Financial Times *
“A beautiful, exuberant book..” * Sebastião Salgado *

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.

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ISBN 13	9783836566148
ISBN 10	3836566141
Title	Martius
Author	H Walter Lack
Series	Fantastic Price Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taschen GmbH
Year published	2017-06-23
Number of pages	412
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