Martius. The Book of Palms. 45th Ed. Medieval Money John Steinbeck

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Martius. The Book of Palms. 45th Ed. Medieval Money John SteinbeckOn 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