Martius. The Book of Palms. 45th Ed. Marvels

Martius. The Book of Palms. 45th Ed. MarvelsOn December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (17941868), 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. This encyclopedic treasury of 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations was based on von

20 illustrated pages with informative text

The original Seal 35 in the Morgan's collection

Botticelli's Birth of Venus

these stories teach free thinking rather than giving prescriptive lessons

nomenclature

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as well as photographs of some of the most precious bookish locations

The manuscript is lavishly illustrated

From the glamour of the ballroom to the pressures of careers

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Since time immemorial

The design of these earrings is inspired by a detail from Seal 35 in our collection of Mesopotamian cylinder seals