H.Walter Lack

Conheça "o Rafael das Flores", Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Adaptado da edição XL que é um sucesso, este livro reúne algumas das melhores gravuras com o seu volume magistral, numa seleção com as mais belas flores e braçadas carregadas dos melhores frutos.... Ler mais

After an epic Amazonian journey through Brazil and Peru from 1817 to 1820, German botanist Carl von Martius compiled a catalogue of all known genera of palm trees. This encyclopedic work, reproduced in our volume, is a jewel of 19th-century botany... Ler mais

Depois de uma épica viagem pelo Brasil e Peru, o botânico alemão von Martius compilou um catálogo insuperável de todos os géneros conhecidos de palmeiras. Este requintado tesouro enciclopédico é uma joia da botânica do século XIX, notável pela sua... Ler mais

A arte encontra a ciência neste extenso catálogo de ilustrações botânicas. Extraídas dos cofres da Biblioteca Nacional de Viena, estas requintadas reproduções coloridas variam de manuscritos do século VI a obras-primas do século XIX e celebram tanto... Ler mais

Flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of... Ler mais

Flower painter and botanist Pierre-Joseph Redout? was an unparalleled master of botanical illustrations and engravings. His most celebrated work Les Roses was published in three volumes between 1817 and 1824. This edition displays his remarkable... Ler mais

In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical... Ler mais

On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), 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... Ler mais