Natureza, ciência e arte na viagem pelo Brasil de Spix e Martius, 1817-1820
By: organização, Alda Heizer, Paulo Ormindo ; textos Alda Heizer [and nine others]
Publisher: Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro
Language: por
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9788588742918
Subjects: Exhibitions; Biodiversity; History; Science; Art and science; Voyages and travels; Botanik; Illustration; Zoologie
Description: Commemorative edition of the 200th anniversary of the Austrian Expedition to Brazil (Österreichische Brasilien-Expedition) of Johann Baptist von Spix (Germany 1781-1826), the first zoologist of Munich and the first researcher of the Amazons and botanist and explorer Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (Germany 1794-1868). The catalogue comprises mainly original copies of the 18 main titles published by Martius and Spix, all rare books belonging to the library of the Barbosa Rodrigues Library of the Jardim Botânico. The library has 23 works by the authors, of the more than 30 published by them. Among the gems on display are copies of Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820: undertaken by command of His Majesty the King of Bavaria, the Dictionary of dialects and indigenous languages spoken in Brazil and one of the 40 volumes of Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum by Martius.
Notes: On occasion of an exhibition held at the Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, October 2017 - January 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Natureza, ciência e arte na viagem pelo Brasil de Spix e Martius 1817-1820 / Paulo Ormindo; title: Os jovens naturistas Spix e Martius numa aventura cientifica / Alda Heizer; title: Roteiro de uma expedição / Renato de Mello-Silva; title: O hervario de Von Martius / Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Marco Antonio Palomares Accardo Filho; title: O mapa das cinco províncias da flora brasileira / José Augusto Pádua; title: Imagens para a ciências / Paulo Ormindo; title: Experiência, relato e imagem / Lorelai Kury; title: Os índios como reminiscência de um passado / Kaori Kodama; title: Biblioteca Barbosa Rodrigues / Marco Antonio Palomares Accardo Filho, Rosana Simoes Medeiros; title: Obras de Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius e Johann Baptist von Spix no acervo da Biblioteca Barbosa Rodrigues.