{"product_id":"prehistoric-animals-first-english-edition-illustrated","title":"Prehistoric Animals (First English Edition, Illustrated)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUGUSTA, Dr Josef\u003c\/strong\u003e (text) \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eZdeněk BURIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e (illustrations). \u003cem\u003ePrehistoric Animals.\u003c\/em\u003e Translated by Dr Greta Hort. London: Spring Books, 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFolio (approx. 35 x 25 cm). Original publisher's buckram cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 47 pp. text, followed by 60 colour and monochrome plates by Zdeněk Burian. \u003cstrong\u003eFirst English edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOne of the most instrumental books in shaping the world's perception of prehistoric life ever published. The sixty plates in \u003cem\u003ePrehistoric Animals\u003c\/em\u003e carry the reader from the earliest single-celled organisms through the Palaeozoic seas, the great Carboniferous forests, the age of the dinosaurs, and into the Pleistocene — a visual history of life on earth of extraordinary ambition and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eStephen Jay Gould described the book as one of the three most influential works on prehistory published in the twentieth century, and the influence has proved entirely durable: Burian's images shaped the imagination of an entire generation of palaeontologists, and the partnership of Augusta and Burian remains one of the great creative collaborations in the history of scientific illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery good in an unclipped dust jacket.\u003c\/strong\u003e Jacket edges a bit weathered and creased. Some small markings along lower edge. Otherwise in excellent shape and well preserved throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store. If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000430\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr Joseph Augusta \u0026 Zdeněk Burian (illus.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48779090788595,"sku":"1110002941108","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_7d42e6e6-7c16-4599-9591-283123462780.png?v=1775015520","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/prehistoric-animals-first-english-edition-illustrated","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}