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I fossili non sono né sassi né ossi, se io lo fossi, se tu lo fossi, saremmo entrambi due paradossi. I ed. nella versione in inglese (Translations: Carol Matthews Ronconi and Clive Foster). Editor. Giorgio Taborelli. Summary: Preface; by Sabatino Moscati - Introduction - Chronological Order - Choice and Collection (Short History of Fossil Collecting) - Aesthetic Content (Fossil Art, Art from Fossils - Inspiration from Fossils in Poetry and Music) - Social and Cultural Bearings (Fossils for Bodily Decoration - Games, Coins and Musical Instruments - Rites, Beliefs and Imaginary Elaborations) - The Continuity of Meanings (Fossils in Language - Ancient and Modern Heraldry - In philately and Post-Marks - The Role of Fossils in Mass Communication) - Use of Fossils (Use as Tools and Building -Fossils in Pharmacopoeia - Fossils as Sources of Energy) - Fossils in Modern Science (What Palaeontological Research Has Given to Science - Some > Happenings - Are Fossils Still Living Todey? - Index. In-4, pp. 180, cart., sovraccoperta illustrata a colri (riproduzioni fotografiche varie), cofanetto editoriale muto in cartoncino nero. Con numerose illustrazioni a colori e in b/n anche a piena pagina. Sguardie illustrate in grigio e bianco (da riproduzione forografica). Design, lay-out and art direction: Maria Poggiani - drawings, unless other wise staded: Margherita Camorali. Stato buono (leggero stato d'usura del cofanetto)