About the book: After an epic Amazonian journey through Brazil and Peru, German botanist von Martius compiled an unsurpassed catalog of all known palm species. This exquisite encyclopedic treasure, a jewel of 19th-century botany, impresses with its meticulous classifications as well as its maps, colored landscape depictions, and cross-section diagrams, which illustrate the structure of these majestic trees.
Biography: H. Walter Lack is a professor at Freie Universität Berlin and was director of the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem until August 2014. He is one of the outstanding experts in the history of botany and has primarily researched the cultural-historical consequences of the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants. At TASCHEN, he has published A Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms, and Redouté. The Book of Flowers.
Pages: 412
AUTHOR: H. Walter Lack
First publication: 23/06/2017
Language of the book: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Edition: INT
ISBN: 978-3-8365-6614-8
Topics: Classics
Dimensions: 25.0 cm x 34.5 cm, Weight 2.85 kg
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