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Buffon is best remembered for his Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749–1788: in 36 volumes; an additional volume based on his notes appeared in 1789). Originally intended to cover all three "kingdoms" of nature, the Histoire naturelle ended up being limited to the animal and mineral kingdoms, but Buffon's view of natural history as a broad and necessarily theoretical enterprise ensured that the Histoire naturelle was anything but narrow. "Written in a brilliant style, this work was read ... by every educated person in Europe."[1] Those who assisted him in the production of this great work included Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Philibert Guéneau de Montbeillard, and Gabriel-Léopold Bexon, along with numerous artists. Buffon's Histoire naturelle was translated into many different languages, making him one of the most widely read authors of the day, a veritable rival to Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire

Build Your Own Life-Size Skeleton. A model of the human skeleton made entirely of foldable cardboard

From the medical student and biology enthusiast to the graphic designer and artist: this life-size model gives everyone access to an age-old classic of scientific illustration. Simply fold the precut pieces (no need for scissors or glue!) to build this human skeleton, complete with anatomical labels in English and Latin, bendable joints, accessories, and detailed step-by-step instructions.

- Life-size model - 1.8 m 
- With anatomical labels in English and Latin
- Has joints that bend and straighten
- Cardboard kit
- Precut pieces with indentations for the folds (no need for scissors or glue)
- Detailed step-by-step instructions
- For demonstration purposes at school and college
- An ideal gift for medical students, doctors, or indeed anyone else
- To put your clothes on, pose with in photographs, or dance around with

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Модель человеческого скелета из картона в натуральную величину - 180 см

- Набор из картона
- Легко собирается - не нужны ножницы или клей для сборки
- Пошаговая инструкция
- Анатомические подписи на латыни и английском
- Сгибается и разгибается в суставах
- Подходит для демонстраций в школах или колледжах
- Идеальный подарок для студентов-медиков, графических дизайнеров и художников

Red, yellow, blue – and of course black – are the colours that Oliver Byrne employs for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid, published by William Pickering and printed by Chiswick Press, and which prompt the surprised reader to think of Mondrian. The author makes it clear in his subtitle that this is a didactic measure intended to distinguish his edition from all others: "The Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners." Byrne is not content to trust solely in the supposed intuitive "logical" structure of Euclid's axioms and theorems – who doesn't know the first famous sentences of Euclid's Elements: "I. A point is that which has no parts. II. A line is length without breadth"? –, but translates them into colourful diagrams and symbols. He thereby thinks in terms of the school classroom: he compares his colours to the dyed chalks in which figures are drawn on the blackboard.

Oliver Byrne (c. 1810–c. 1880) was an Irish author and civil engineer. Little is known about his life, though he wrote a considerable number of books. As Surveyor of Her Majesty's Settlements in the Falkland Islands, Byrne had already published mathematical and engineering works, but never anything like his edition on Euclid. This remarkable example of Victorian printing has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century.

Each proposition is set in Caslon italic, with a four-line initial, while the rest of the page is a unique riot of red, yellow and blue. On some pages, letters and numbers only are printed in colour, sprinkled over the pages like tiny wild flowers and demanding the most meticulous alignment of the different colour plates for printing. Elsewhere, solid squares, triangles and circles are printed in bright colours, expressing a verve not seen again on the pages of a book until the era of Dufy, Matisse and Derain.

About the author:
Werner Oechslin (born 1944) studied art history, archaeology, philosophy and mathematics. After doctoral studies in Zurich in 1970 he taught at MIT and Harvard University. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where he led the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture from 1986 to 2006. His research focuses on architectural theory and the cultural history of architecture. His most recent publication is Palladianismus: Andrea Palladio – Werk und Wirkung (2008). He is the founder of Bibliothek Werner Oechslin in Einsiedeln.

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Ancient Greek mathematics meet modernist design

Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the colour scheme for his 1847 edition of Euclid s mathematical and geometric treatise Elements. Byrne s idea was to use colour to make learning easier and diffuse permanent knowledge. The result has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century.

The facsimile of Byrne s vivid publication is now available as part of TASCHEN s Bibliotheca Universalis series. A masterwork of art and science, it is as beautiful in the boldness of its red, yellow, and blue figures and diagrams as it is in the mathematical precision of its theories. In the simplicity of forms and colours, the pages anticipate the vigour of De Stijl and Bauhaus design. In making complex information at once accessible and aesthetically engaging, this work is a forerunner to the information graphics that today define much of our data consumption.

About the series:

Bibliotheca Universalis — Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!

Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favourite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.

Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!

Это одно из первых фундаментальных исследований природы фотографии и одновременно оммаж покойной матери автора. Интерес к случайно попавшей в руки фотографии 1870 года вызвал у Барта желание узнать, благодаря какому существенному признаку фотография выделяется из всей совокупности изображений. Задавшись вопросом классификации, систематизации фотографий, философ выстраивает собственную феноменологию, вводя понятия Studium и Punftum. Studium обозначает культурную, языковую и политическую интерпретацию фотографии, Punftum - сугубо личный эмоциональный смысл, позволяющий установить прямую связь с фотоизображением.

A beautifully illustrated bingo game featuring 64 breeds of cat from around the world. Spot all kinds of cats – from Tonkinese to Siamese, and from Bengals to Birmans – mark them off on your card and … BINGO!

Cat Bingo brings a fun and educational twist to the traditional game as players learn the names, colourings and characteristics of their favourite breeds.

Contains 64 superbly illustrated cat tokens, one playing board, 12 bingo cards and brightly coloured counters for you to mark up your card. Also includes a leaflet containing information on each of the cats included.

About the Author

Marcel George specialises in water-colour illustration and has produced work for clients including the Financial Times, Esquire, the Wellcome Trust and Bloomberg. He also loves cats.

This memory game offers a stunning look at contemporary collage work from 30 artists and features a breathtaking mix of techniques. The styles range from wildly playful and colorful to vintage looking collages.

Find two matching cards of the same artist which can be recognised by the same style in collage art.

Collage is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

Collage art allowed artists to engage with existing materials, to which they could assign new contexts in order to create a brand new artwork. Ranging from newspapers and magazines to maps, tickets, propaganda, photographs, ribbons, postage stamps, paint, text and found objects, the elements of Collage participate in a handy creative process of putting artworks together and even breaking them apart, in an artistic exploration unto the unknown.

The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of novelty.

About the Author:

Anja Brunt is a graphic designer with extensive experience in illustration. Her Make a Face Memory Game, which is full of funny faces created with everyday materials, and her book Trashures was published by BIS Publishers.

Copenhagen is not just the capital of Denmark, but also the international seat of cutting edge design by such modern masters as Arne Jacobsen, Jшrn Utzon and Verner Panton. All have left their indelible mark on the cityscape and the great tradition of bold and exceptional spaces continues. A number of highly important buildings have been erected in the last few years (the new library by Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen and the Opera House by Henning Larsens Tegnestue) and this guide provides the reader with a quick and handy reference to each and every one.

* Another of teNeues’ authoritative series of pocket guides to recent noteworthy architecture in cities around the world
* Includes color photographs and a site map for convenient use by tourists and professionals alike

Make creative connections with this memory game created by the minds of the bestselling Creative Thinker-series! Train your brain, have fun and be inspired!

Make creative connections and have fun. This simple memory game is made of visual connection sets. The idea is simple and based on the theory that by enhancing your ability to see connections, you can enhance your creativity. So, the main goal is to find two matching cards that are visually connected.

This new version of the well-known memory game is useful for training both the power of memory and your ability to make creative connections. The photographs on the cards are observational art photos, which helps the players see things in new and unexpected ways. Take the challenge and look at objects from a different perspective. Train your brain, have fun and be inspired!

About the Authors:

Dorte Nielsen is a creativity expert, author, keynote speaker and the founder of the Creative Thinker company and of the Center for Creative Thinking in Copenhagen. Dorte also founded Creative Communication, an award-winning BA education programme for Art Directors and Conceptual Thinkers.

Katrine Granholm is an award-winning Creative Director, Art Director and Digital Concept Developer. She is a renowned lecturer in digital tools and concepts in further education.

The Magician, Death, and the Moon. Surrealism meets Symbolism in Salvador Dalí’s tarot deck

Dalí poses as the Magician, his wife Gala becomes the Empress, and the death of Julius Caesar is reinterpreted as the Ten of Swords in the artist’s extraordinary custom tarot deck. First published in a 1984 limited edition that has since long sold out, this lush box set brings back all 78 cards, each dazzling in color, along with a companion book on the making-of and practical instructions.

Legend has it that when preparing props for the James Bond film Live and Let Die, producer Albert Broccoli commissioned Surrealist maestro Salvador Dalí to create a custom deck of tarot cards. Inspired by his wife Gala, who nurtured his interest in mysticism, Dalí eagerly got to work, and continued the project of his own accord when the contractual deal fell through.

The work was published in a limited art edition in 1984 that has since long sold out, making Dalí the first renowned painter to create a completely new set of cards. Drawing on Western masterpieces from antiquity to modernity (including some of his own), Dalí seamlessly combined his knowledge of the arcane with his unmistakable wit. The result is a surreal kaleidoscope of European art history.

TASCHEN resurrects all 78 cards in a fresh celebration of Dalí’s inimitable custom set, complete with a booklet by renowned German tarot author Johannes Fiebig offering:

- an introduction to Dalí’s life and the project’s making-of
- a comprehensive explanation of each card’s composition, its meaning, and practical advice
- step-by-step instructions on how to perform readings
- a jargon-free approach simplifying tarot for the newcomer

The author:

Johannes Fiebig, born in Cologne in 1953, is one of the most successful authors on Tarot and a leading expert of the psychological interpretation of symbols and oracles. His main field of interest focuses on the use of Tarot and other symbolic languages as humanistic, psychological tools.

Countries have been born, and states have ceased to be, alliances formed and broken, political movements have had their genesis, people have been empowered and subdued. The break-up of the Soviet Union and the formation of the countries thereafter, the creation of the EU, the end of Apartheid, equal rights, women's right to vote, the Kyoto agreement, war, and many other changes - great and small - have all had successes, failures, implications and consequences, but are united by the fact that they have all played a part in shaping the world as we see it today, our attitudes and our actions. Some well-known since the classroom, others a new discovery or insight, "The Little Black Book: History" charts the most significant historical, social, political and cultural moments of the last one hundred years and places each event, person, movement and idea in context to provide a comprehensive understanding of a century of world history.

Sea Shells: Art and Artifice of Nature

Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (1680–1765) was a French courtier, intellectual and amateur natural historian. Fascinated by seashells, he authored one of his era's most lavish books, dedicate to the rarest and most beautiful examples. La Conchyliologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles de Mer, d'Eau Douce, Terrestres et Fossiles, published in 1780, was a summation of 18th century conchology, with drawings so vivid they sparked a Parisian fad for natural history.

The natural beauty of seashells has enchanted cultures around the world since time immemorial. The “recreation of the eye and mind” inspired by them has been celebrated in literature and throughout humanist circles across Europe since antiquity: in his De oratore, the classical scholar Cicero extolled the value of the leisure and friendship cultivated by two friends who spent their leisurely hours collecting shells. These wonderful marine forms–"the artifice of nature"– were considered capable of elevating the spirit and stimulating the senses, as well as refining the taste and creativity of artists. Throughout history, their innumerable shapes, crenulations, and vast variety of colors and patterns have inspired painters and jewelers, architects and textile designers, sculptors and furniture makers, gunsmiths and glass-blowers.

TASCHEN's complete reprint of these 80 splendid hand-colored copper engraved plates, rendered in exquisite detail and the subtlest colors, is taken from one of the finest original copies.

You get to have a robot butler OR you can become any animal you like? This game only has one rule: you HAVE to choose!

You get to have a robot butler or you can become any animal you like? You have a magic tap that contains all the drinks you want OR you snap your fingers and your entire house is tidy and clean? This game only has one rule: you HAVE to choose! And this time around, both options will make you feel happy.

For this happy edition of Dilemmarama we’ve only selected positive dilemmas. The kind that will put a smile on your face, but that will also cause heated debates and feisty duels. And, because everything in life is a dilemma, there are two game options to choose from.

About the Author:

One of the game options allows you to become the Dilemmaestro by creating difficult dilemmas for the other players. The other option lets you play in teams and you have to try to guess what your teammates will choose. That’s one way to really get to know your friends and family!

In this fun kids edition play bingo with a huge Giganotosaurus, an armour-plated Stegosaurus and many other fearsome dinosaurs in this fun and engaging take on the classic game.

Easy to play and full of weird and wonderful creatures, Dinosaur Bingo will engage and delight children for hours. It can be played with three to eight people, making it the perfect game for dino-mad children and their families.

Dinosaur Bingo contains 48 illustrated dino chips and a cardboard dino head to store them in, a game board, eight double-sided bingo cards and Jurassic counters for you to mark up your card.

About the Author

Caroline Selmes is an illustrator and former advertising art director. She has worked in Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and London, and produced work for clients including Vodafone, Reebok, London Zoo and Gestalten.