{"product_id":"martius-the-book-of-palms-40th-ed","title":"Martius","description":"On December 15, 1868, \u003cb\u003eCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)\u003c\/b\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 Natural History of Palms: a work in three volumes, published between 1823 and 1853.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This encyclopedic treasury of \u003cb\u003e240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations \u003c\/b\u003ewas based on von Martius's expeditions through Brazil and Peru. From 1817 to 1820, he traveled over \u003cb\u003e2,250 km (1,400 miles) through the Amazon basin\u003c\/b\u003e to investigate natural history and native tribes with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The result was an \u003cb\u003eunrivaled catalogue of all known genera of the palm family\u003c\/b\u003e, outlining the modern classification of palms, describing all the palms of Brazil, and producing the \u003cb\u003efirst maps of palm biogeography\u003c\/b\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\u003cb\u003e simple and elegant beauty\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523588984868,"sku":"9783836587815","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783836587815.jpg?v=1779912989","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/martius-the-book-of-palms-40th-ed","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}