Review of Feathered Dinosaurs

Last week Peter Schouten and John Long generously made the time to come to the shop to sign copies of their handsome new book Feathered dinosaurs. We have also taken delivery of the original artwork and one day plan to sell it for Peter. They are very handsome and unusual pictures. We obviously handle and see a lot of books but I can truthfully say that the design and oblong format of this book works very well. The plates and text are well presented. I am no palaeontologist but the text is readable and scientific. John Long has a serious reputation with a string of important discoveries. For those interested in wildlife art Peter Schouten is well known for his many projects with Tim Flannery (Tim and John are cousins). His Gap in Nature paintings were widely exhibited and very popular when put up for sale. It is fair to say that palaeontology as a scientific discipline and an amateur pursuit is growing and this is reflected in the high standard of technical and semi-technical books. For more details of the book click here.

Andrew Isles