UNIVERSAL HARMONIES - Lot 118

UNIVERSAL HARMONIES Various authors. Universal Harmonies. Under the high patronage of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Forewords by Jean G. Baer and Roger Heim. Paris, Les Presses de Braun, 1962. Large quarto, publisher’s green cloth binding with an illustrated photographic dust jacket, featuring abundant black-and-white and color photographs. A beautiful photographic volume devoted to the forms, rhythms, and correspondences of the natural world: plants, insects, wildlife, aquatic environments, etc. The photographs are accompanied by scientific and naturalist texts. The section on “River Fish” is notably authored by René Charpy. Condition: Book block in good apparent condition; interior clean. Dust jacket heavily damaged, with significant tears and missing sections at the top, scuffing, small marginal tears, and old adhesive residue.