Menschen der Vorzeit 1961

Prehistoric Man 1961

Book: Prehistoric Man
Authors: Josef Augusta and Zdeněk Burian
Language: German
Publisher: Bertelsmann
Year: 1961
Condition: Good used condition

Prehistoric Man is a 170-page large-format (approx. 26x35cm) book, bound in full cloth with a colour dust jacket. The 52 full-page colour illustrations were painted by the Czech artist Zdeněk Burian, the text is by Josef Augusta. The book is in good condition with light signs of use, and the dust jacket is also well preserved with a few signs of use.

6 of these large-format, magnificent colour volumes were published in the 1960s by Artia Verlag in Prague and were released there simultaneously in several languages (Czech, German, English, French, Spanish). Prehistoric Animals and Prehistoric Man can still be found today, if you bring a little patience to the search. These two books were also often published by other publishers as licensed editions. In doing so, only the publisher details in the imprint were changed, and sometimes different images were used for the dust jackets. The Book of Mammoths and Giants of Prehistoric Continents and Seas are significantly rarer. Probably the rarest is Saurians of the Primeval Seas. The somewhat smaller book Flying Saurians and Prehistoric Birds is rare, but does occasionally turn up. All 6 books share the fantastic and impressive illustrations of Zdeněk Burian (1905-1981), who expressively captured his visions on canvas. For a long time, his visual visions shaped the perception of dinosaurs in Europe.

Tags: zdenek burian, urzeit, dinosaurier, josef augusta, artia verlag