Martius. The book of palms. Das Buch der Palmen. Le livre des palmiers.

Imperial folio: 412 pp. (sl. traces of water at top edge).

Ill. publ. cloth with ill. dustjacket. Nice copy.

Impressive large format reproduction of "Historia naturalis palmarum" (publ. in 3 vol., 1823-1850) by the German botanist and explorer von Martius (1794-1868). The work, based on his expedition to Brazil and Peru, featured 240 large chromolithographic ill. of palms, their leaves and their seed, landscape views of palm habitats and botanical dissections. Ownership stamp on title.