"This richly illustrated book guides readers through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production o

Curated by renowned type designer Tobias Frere-Jones, this collection features fifty postcards drawn from his extraordinary personal collection of type specimen

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The Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Allberta houses type specimens of fossil fishes. This book is a catalogue of these specimens. In