{"product_id":"book-of-palms","title":"Book Of Palms","description":"\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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306577568126,"sku":"NW9783836587815","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9783836587815.jpg?v=1780430513","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/book-of-palms","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}