亚历山大#冯#洪堡是德国伟大的自然科学家和科学考察旅行家，近代气候学、植物地理学、地球物理学的创始人之一，是真正称得上“著作等身”的学者。《大自然的肖像》是洪堡最著名和最具影响的著作,也是最具可读性的一本，其德文版Ansichten der Natur于1808年出版，1826年再版，曾被翻译为英语、法语、西班牙语等多种语言。本书是根据第三版和最后一版的德文版翻译而来，于1850年正式出版。本书文笔优美，兼具科学性和文学性，体现了洪堡对植被结构及其在气候模式下的起源的最成熟的思想。
PUBLISHER's PREFACE
AUTHOR's PREFACE， TO THE FIRST EDITION
AUTHOR's PREFACE， TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
STEPPES AND DESERTS
Illustrations and Additions
CATARACTS OF THE ORINOCO
Illustrations and Additions
NOCTURNAL LIFE OF ANIMALS IN THE PRIMEVAL FOREST
Illustrations and Additions
Hypsometric Addenda
IDEAS FOR A PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS
Illustrations and Additions
ON THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF VOLCANOS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH
Inustrations and Additions
VITAL FORCE， OR THE RHODIAN GENIUS
Illustration and Note
THE PLATEAU OF CAXAMARCA，the Ancient Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa，and First View of the Pacific from the Ridge of the Andes
Inustrations and Additions
INDEX
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