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Zustand: Very good. Greenwich, CT: Genesis Intl Ltd., (1992)., (1992). Very good. - sc - A 36 inch high by 24 inch wide color poster by the Quebec artist Marcellin Dufour for Earth Day 1993. This official Earth Day 1993 poster is illustrated with an abstract image which hints at faces floating among graffitti, waste and cellular life. "Earth Day 1993" is boldly printed in green under the image followed by the artist's name "Dufour" printed in blue. The "Official Seal of the Earth Society Foundation / Official Earth Day Poster" is at bottom left and the logo of "Grace Park / Proud Earth Day Sponsor" is at bottom right. Credits are printed along the bottom left. There is a crease to the top right corner and a scratch and short tear to the bottom edge. The Canadian artist Marcellin Dufour was born in the Saguenay region in 1946. The self-taught Quebecois artist began to paint at the age of 15 and became a High School art teacher in 1967. He illustrated Felix Leclerc's "Adagio" in 1970 and by 1975 dedicated himself to exclusively pursuing his painting career. Ever evolving, the artist who was often referred to as the "painter of light", focused more and more on the abstract with intimate organic compositions. In an essay about the exhibition "Dufour Metamorphose" The Yvonne L. Bombardier Cultural Center wrote the "The United Nation Organization will choose one of his works to illustrated about education, science and culture the Earth Day poster for the UNESCO in 1993.".

Rare first and only edition of a geological and botanical work describing the caves, quarries, and plants of Mount Saint Peter (St. Pietersberg) at Maastricht, the Netherlands. The work discusses the history of the region when it was still under water, the Mosasaurus fossils, the history of human activity on the mountain, the types of stone and geological structures that can be found there, and the different plants that grow there. The plates show the underground quarries. The last part of the books includes three letters by naturalist Léon Dufour (1780-1865) describing several of his mountain expeditions for botanical research.Jean Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778-1846) was a French naturalist and botanist. He joined a scientific expedition to Australia, which was led by Nicolas Baudin (1754-1803), as the chief botanist in 1799. However, due to a conflict with Baudin he left the ship at the Cape of Good Hope and explored the islands in the African Sea. He was the first to write a scientific description of Piton de la fournaise, the active volcano in Réunion. One of the craters is still named after him. After returning to France in 1802, he joined Napoleon's army and fought for him for several years. After Napoleon was exiled, Bory was also banished, and travelled throughout western Europe with a fake passport. He likely also visited the Mount of Saint Peter during this time. The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed, the boards are somewhat rubbed, a small portion of the back joint has cracked. A small tear in the inner margin of the plate, barely affecting the image, a hole in the outer margin of page 79, not affecting any text, the work is internally very clean and with wide margins. Overall in good condition.l Bodel Nijenhuis 925; Quérard I, p. 422; not in Sinkankas. Contemporary gold tooled quarter brown calf, with a red morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, marbled paper sides. With a folding lithographed map of Mount Saint Peter in Maastricht, lithographed by L.A. Paulmier after drawings by the author, and 3 full-page lithographed views. Pages: [4], 381, [1 blank] pp.