After an epic Amazonian journey through Brazil and Peru, German botanist von Martius compiled anunsurpassed catalogue of all known genera of palm. This exquisite encyclopedic treasury isa 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.

• 412pages
• Hardcover
• 9.8″w x13.6″h
• full color photos