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Skulls: Die Faszinierende Schädel-Sammlung des Alan Dudley [Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection]

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By: Simon Winchester(Author), Nick Mann(Illustrator), Dieter Kuhaupt(Translated by), Hans W Kothe(Translated by)
256 pages, colour photos
Skulls: Die Faszinierende Schädel-Sammlung des Alan Dudley [Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection]
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  • Skulls: Die Faszinierende Schädel-Sammlung des Alan Dudley [Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection] ISBN: 9783771645311 Hardback Oct 2013 Out of Print #224592
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Language: German

In Skulls: Die Faszinierende Schädel-Sammlung des Alan Dudley, Simon Winchester tells the captivating story of skulls, both human and animal, and of one man who has spent a lifetime obsessively assembling what is the largest and most wide-ranging personal collection of animal skulls in the world.

Alan Dudley, who hails from the English Midlands, has in his possession more than 2000 skulls that he has been collecting, preparing, and cataloging to almost museum quality over the course of more than five decades. He is well known in some circles as an authority on skulls, and his collection is recognized as an excellent reference of great breadth and depth. It is his collection that forms the centerpiece of Skulls: Die Faszinierende Schädel-Sammlung des Alan Dudley and around which Winchester weaves his ever-engaging prose.

Summary in German:
Der Schädel ist seit jeher Symbol gegenwärtiger wie vergangener Existenz; er verströmt eine Aura der Gefahr, der Autorität, des Erhabenen. Wohl kein anderes biologisches Gebilde vermag die menschliche Psychologie derart zu packen wie diese hohle Knochenkugel.

Simon Winchester blättert mit brillanter Erzählkunst die faszinierende Geschichte des Schädels auf und stellt einen Besessenen vor, der in lebenslanger Sammlerleidenschaft die wohl weltgrößte und umfassendste Privatkollektion von Tierschädeln zusammengetragen hat: Alan Dudley. Mehr hat als 2000 Schädel nennt er sein eigen, die er nahezu in Museumsqualität präpariert und katalogisiert hat. Über 300 der faszinierendsten Exponate seiner Sammlung werden in diesem packenden Bildband in verblüffend schönen Bildern und mit allen wesentlichen wissenschaftlichen Fakten vorgestellt.

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Art / Photobook Out of Print
By: Simon Winchester(Author), Nick Mann(Illustrator), Dieter Kuhaupt(Translated by), Hans W Kothe(Translated by)
256 pages, colour photos
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