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Lithographie Monograph No. 20: Rubellite - Tourmaline Rouge

(2019) 144 pp. ISBN 978-0-9836323-9-9

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Contributions by: Dudley Blauwet, Ryan Bowling, Alexander U. Falster, Sarah L. Hanson, Jaroslav Hyrsl, Peter Lyckberg, Odulio Jose Marensi de Moura, Milan Novak, Federico Pezzotta, George R. Rossman, William B. Simmons, Gloria A. Staebler, Karen L. Webber

Edited by: William B. Simmons, Gloria A. Staebler, David W. Bunk, Alexander U. Falster, Sarah L. Hanson, Karen W. Webber

Taking its name from the Latin rubellus, meaning “reddish,” rubellite was rare in the ancient world. Its unique properties set it apart from other hard, red gemstones, generically known then as “ruby” or “carbuncle.” That distinction was lost during the Dark Ages but revived in the Enlightenment, as science undertook its quest to understand the nature of things. For two and a half centuries, rubellite has had a part of that great unraveling.

Today “rubellite” refers to the pink to red variety of tourmaline, a large group of borosilicates. Coveted most for its endless combinations of vivid colors, just a handful of species - elbaite, liddicoatite, rossmanite - form rubellite, which is found as large, gemmy, euhedral crystals in pegmatites across the globe.

With articles covering history, culture, science, and localities, our expert authors explore the fascinating world of rubellite and its complicated mineral family. Extraordinary imagery illuminates their stories, enticing readers into the paradox of rubellite and its tourmaline brethren.

Lithographie Monograph No. 19: Diamond - the Ultimate Gemstone

(2017) 152 pp. ISBN 978-0-9836323-5-1

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Contributions by: Emma Bullock, James E. Butler, John Chapman, Katherine Dunnell, Boris N. Feigelson, M. Tyler Funk, Eloise Gaillou, Viktor K. Garanin, J. Michael Howard, Bram Janse, John A. Jaszczak, John I. Koivula, Galena Y. Kriulina, Claire Mitchell, Nick Norman, George R. Rossman, Elise A. Skalwold, James Shigley, Gloria A. Staebler, Terry C. Wallace Jr.

Edited by: Dr. Jeff Harris and Gloria A. Staebler

Illustrations by: Alise Abrahamson, Stepanov Aleksandrovich, Doris Antony, Amy Ashcraft, Bill Bachman, Michael Bainbridge, Anetta Barnes, William W. Besse, John Betts, Gerhard Brandstetter, Paul Bruins, Joe Budd, James E. Butler, John Chapman, Chip Clark, Adam Cohn, Alessandro Da Mommio, Jean-Michele Derochette, Mia Dixon, Andrew Edmunds, Berend G. Escher, Boris N. Fiegelson, Kirk Feral, Paulo Fernandes, Eloise, Gaillou, Edmund B. Gerard, Jurgen Glinnerman, Victor Goldschmidt, Richard P. Goodbody, Theodore Gray, Marco Gubka, Francois Guillot, Tino Hammid, Craig Hazelton, Christopher Herwig, Eureka Hyman, Eric James, John A Jaszczak, Kevin Jones, Dan Kile, Leo Klemm, John I. Koivula, Hansueli Krapf, Jesse La Plante, Billy "Pai Lai" Law, Matt Lee, JohnnyTony Leung, Yues Logghe, Adam Mansur, Paul May, Scott Michelich, Serge Mikhailovich, Mark Mooney, Corey Neumeier, Imke De Pater, Tony Peterson, Ping Yu Poon, R. Peter Richards, Josh Ryan, Vic Rzonca, Sean N. Sabatini, Jeff Scovil, Lidja Sekaric, Nick Thomas, Hans Van Dyke, HaroldErica Van Pelt, Alexander Von Fersman, Eric Welch, Robert Weldon, Michael Wong, Ben Yagbes, Michael Zolensky

Lithographie Monograph No. 18: Nevada — Jackpot!

(2013) 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-9836323-4-4

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Contributions by: Bob Byers, Janet H. Clifford, Robert B. Cook, Forrest Cureton, Alan R. Day, Gregory C. Ferdock, Eugene E. Foord, Joe George, Harvey M. Gordon, Marty Houhoulis, Casey Jones, Jane Koepp Jones, Rick Kennedy, Joe Marty, Warren Wright Parks III, Neil Prenn, Arthur E. Soregaroli, Gloria A. Staebler, Scott Werschky, and George Witters

Edited by: Janet H. Clifford, Robert B. Cook, Gloria A. Staebler with David W. Bunk

Illustrations by: Cabanel Alexandre, Will Barber, Dan Behnke, William W. Besse, Philip Blümner, Matthew Brady, Joe Budd, Joaquim Callén, Edgar Chamorro, Zacka Chan, Chip Clark, Robert B. Cook, Forrest Cureton, Alan Day, Mia Dixon, Dan Duriscoe, Alexander Falster, Jenn Jedidiah Free, Jack Freer, Joe George, Carol M. Highsmith, Jeffrey Hill, Patrick Huber, Leon Hupperichs, Jane Koepp Jones, Rhonda Kennedy, Rick Kennedy, Paula Krugerud, Jim Kyle, Jesse La Plante, Tom Loomis, Adrienne McElwain, Robert O. Meyer, Kelly Michals, Marli Miller, Mike Mizutani, Harold Moritz, Ric Nepil, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, Ronald J. Pellar, Tony Peterson, Neil Prenn, Michael C. Roarke, Jeff Scovil, Jason B. Smith, Rod Stockman, David Swallow, Kristina Swallow, Brent Thorne, Jürgen Tron, Mike Waddell, Clancy Wendt, Fred Wild, and Allan Young

Lithographie Monograph No. 17: Apatite - The Great Pretender

(2013) 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-9836323-3-7

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Contributions by: John Rakovan, John Hughes, Glen Waychunas, Bob Martin, Jordi Fabre, Carles Curto, Carl Francis, Don Dallaire, Alfredo Petrov, Jaroslav Hyrsl, John Rakovan, Peter Megaw, Kim Tait, Phil Scalisi, Dudley Blauwet, Luiz Meneses, Stefan Meier, Dmitri Belakovski, Bert Ottens, and Rhian Jones

Edited by: John Rakovan and Gloria A. Staebler with Donald A. Dallaire and David W. Bunk

Illustrations by: Tina Alves, Roberto Appiani, Michael Bainbridge, William W. Besse, Dudley Blauwet Mikhail Bogomolov, Reinhard Brauns, Joe Budd, Matteo Chinellaro, Chip Clark, Jordi Deusedes, Jose Arce Diaz, Kevin Downey, Jordi Fabre, Oleg Gritsenko, Hiroyuki Irnai, John Jaszczak, Rhian Jones, Boris Kantor, Kivoshi Kiikuni, Bob King, Don Komnrechka, Jesse La Plante, Marcelo Lerner, Viktor Levitskiy, Robert F. Marrin, Mark Mauthner, Alana McConnon, Stefan Meier, lkram Mohammad, Geoff Norkin, Yasuichi Okazaki, Galiberr Olivier, Berthold Ottens, Natalia Pekova, Viktor Ponornarenko, John Rakovan, Ivan Rurnara, John Schneider, Jeff Scovil, Guido Steger, Ryoji Tanaka, Hugo Ullhofen, Mark van Laere, Glenn Waychunas, Robert Weldon, and Brad Wilson

Lithographie Monograph No. 16: Amethyst - Uncommon Vintage

(2012) 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-9836323-2-0

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Contributions by: Reinhard Balzer, Ryan Bowling, David W. Bunk, Bruce Cairncross, Ann Frazier, Si Frazier, H. Albert Gilg, Daniel Kile, Dianne Kile, Martin Gruell, Frank Melanson, Federico Pezzotta, Tomasz Praszkier, John Rakovan, and Terry C. Wallace

Edited by: H. Albert Gilg, Suzanne Liebetrau, Gloria A. Staebler, and Tom Wilson

Illustrations by: Michael Bainbridge, Reinhard Balzer, William W. Besse, Ryan Bowling, Robert Brandstetter, Joe Budd, Bruce Cairncross, Matteo Chinellato, Rock Currier, H. Albert Gilg, Julian Gray, Martin Gruell, Martina Hesser, Daniel Kile, Dianne Kile, Torbjörn Lorin, O.T. Ljøstad, Moore, Jesse La Plante, Terry Ledford, Herb Obodda, Tomasz Praszkier, R. Peter Richards, George Robinson, Albert Russ, Jeff Scovil, Holly Smith, László Tóth, Anton Watzl Sr., and Robert Weldon

Lithographie Monograph No. 15: The San Juan Triangle of Colorado - Mountains of Minerals

(2011) 104 pp. ISBN 978-0-9836323-0-6

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Contributions by: David W. Bunk, Robert B. Cook, Don Earnest, Robert W. Eveleth, Daniel Kile, Virgil W. Lueth, Gary McWilliams, Barbara L. Muntyan, Jack A. Murphy, Horace B. Patton, Tom Rosemeyer, Duane A. Smith, Gloria A. Staebler, Kaitlin Stoufer, Robert Stoufer, John Trujillo, Karen A. Vendl, Mark A. Vendl, Terry C. Wallace, and Allan Young

Edited by: Dan Kile, Gloria Staebler, David W. Bunk, Tom Hughes, and Suzanne Liebetrau

Illustrations by: Michael Bainbridge, Dan Behnke, William W. Besse, Jack Brauer, G.V. Buck, Joe Budd, Paul Carrara, Chip Clark, Jennifer Cochran, Joseph Collier, Bill Dameron, Frederick Endlich, Charles Goodwin, William Henry Jackson, Daniel Kile, Jesse La Plante, Barbara L. Muntyan, Jack A. Murphy, John Rahart, Tom Rosemeyer, Jeff Scovil, J. Walter Socha, John Smolski, Gloria A. Staebler, Robert Stoufer, Gene Tribbey, Ogden Tweto, Mark A. Vendl, and Allan Young

Lithographie Monograph No. 14: Topaz - Perfect Cleavage

(2011) 104 pp. ISBN 978-0-9790998-9-2

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Contributions by: H. Albert Gilg, Alfredo Petrov, John Rakovan, Rainrer Thomas, William B. Simmons, and George Rossman

Edited by: Gloria Staebler, Sarah Hansen, Sue Liebetrau, and Janet Clifford

Illustrations by: Jeff Scovil, Robert Weldon, and Ryan Bowling

Lithographie Monograph No. 13: Smithsonite - Think Zinc!

(2010) 104 pp.

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Contributions by: Bill Birch, Bruce Cairncross, David Ellis, Robert W. Eveleth, Fabrizio Ferrero, Luca Ferrero, Patricia L. Frisch, Michael Gray, J. Michael Howard, Tom Hughes, Virgil W. Lueth, Peter Megaw, Marcus Origlieri, Paul W. Pohwat, Tony L. Potucek, Jon Voelter, and Wolfgang Wendel

Edited by: Tom Hughes, Suzanne Liebetrau, and Gloria Staebler

Illustrations by: Michael Bainbridge, Bill Birch, Joe Budd, Bruce Cairncross, John Callahan, Keith Compton, Kevin Dixon, Fabrizio Ferrero, Luca Ferrero, Jesse Fisher, Cédrick Gineste, Ben Healley, J. Michael Howard, John Kepper, Daniel Kile, Pete Knudsen, Jesse La Plante, Ken Larsen, Virgil W. Lueth, Ray Lynch, Sarah McCaffrey, Günther Neumeier, Marcus Origlieri, Dale A. Richards, Jeff Scovil, Warren Taylor, Giorgio Violino, Wolfgang Wendel, Debra Wilson, and Wendell Wilson

Lithographie Monograph No. 12: Bolivia - The Height of Mineral Collecting

(2009) 112 pp. ISBN 978-0-9790998-5-4

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Contributions by: Jaroslav Hrysl, Alfredo Petrov, Robert B. Cook, Rock Currier, Anthony R. Kampf, Suzanne Liebetrau, Lauren Megaw, Bill Smith, Carol Smith, and Terry Wallace

Edited by: Robert B. Cook, Suzanne Liebetrau, Günther Neumeier, and Gloria Staebler

Illustrations by: Michael Bainbridge, Daniel Beams, Dan Behnke, Joe Budd, Michael Canoy, Rock Currier, Frank de Wit, Jordi Fabre, Mark Garcia, Tino Hammid, Jaroslav Hyrsl, John A. Jaszczak, David K. Joyce, Anthony R. Kampf, Brian Kosnar, Saul Krotki, Jesse La Plante, Gary Moss, Bendegúz Nagy, Günther Neumeier, Tony Peterson, Alfredo Petrov, Mark Pirlo, Jeff Scovil, Terry Szenics, and Harold & Erica Van Pelt

Lithographie Monograph No. 11: Garnet — Great Balls Of Fire!

(2008) 104 pp. ISBN 978-0-790998-4-7

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Contributions by: Lothar Ackermann, Marco Amabili, Marc B. Auguste, Russell Behnke, Dudley Blauwet, Bill Dameron, James Eason, Thomas Fehr, H. Albert Gilg, Mickey Gunter, Jaroslav Hyrsl, John I. Koivula, Jirí Kourimsky, Günther Neumeier, Bertold Ottens, Pete Modreski, Herwig Pelckmans, Paul Pohwat, Gilla Simon, Francesco Spertini, Gloria Staebler, Ingrid S. Weber, Joachim Zang, and Gary Zito

Edited by: H. Albert Gilg, Daniel Kile, Suzanne Liebetrau, Pete Modreski, Günther Neumeier, and Gloria Staebler

Illustrations by: Roberto Appiani, Michael Bainbridge, Modris Baum, Dan Behnke, Dudley Blauwet, Joe Budd, Thomas Calligaro, Matteo Chinellato, Rick Cowley, H. Albert Gilg, Mickey Gunter, Manfred Henkel, Rupert Hochleitner, Richard Jackson, John I. Koivula, George F. Kunz, Arthur Lakes, John Lucking, Hans Jörg Müllenmeister, Günther Neumeier, Rui Nunes, Herb Obodda Eric Offerman, Berthold Ottens, Gerold Pascher, Herwig Pelckmans, Tony Peterson, Ed Raines, Jochen Schlüter, Jeff Scovil, William "Skip" Simmons, Gilla Simon, John Smolski, Walter Ungerank, John Veevaert, Andreas Weerth, Stefan Weiss, Stephan Wolfsried, and Gary Zito

Lithographie Monograph No. 10: Opal - The Phenomenal Gemstone

(2007) ISBN 978-0-9790998-0-9

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Contributions by: Janet Clifford, Paul Clifford, Andrew Cody, William Cook, Wilson Cooper, Tony Dabdoub, Bob Farrar, Karl Fischer, Ann Frazier, Si Frazier, Catherine J. Gaber, Peter Huber, Jaroslav Hyrsl, Rudolf Mende, Günther Neumeier, Barry J. Neville, Michael O'Donoghue, Alex Ritchie, Jürgen Schuetz, Elizabeth T. Smith, Gloria Staebler, Jack Townsend, Max Weibel, and Klaus Eberhard Wild

Edited by: Gloria Staebler, Janet Clifford, Ann Frazier, Cathy Gaber, Paul Clifford, Si Frazier, Bruce Gaber, and Günther Neumeier

Illustrations by: Carl Bento, Steve Bird, Leo Boner, Jenni Brammall, Zbynek Burival, Michael Bush, Janet Clifford, Len Cram, Klaus H. Eiserhardt, Bob Farrar, Bruce Paul Gaber, Max Glas, Konrad Götz, Simone & Peter Huber, Jaroslav Hyrsl, Dagbjørn Johnson, Kent Johnson, Kevin Jones, Robert Jones Heike Ludwig, Karl-Christian Lyncker, Shoich Kondo, Linda & Ila Marks, Lynn McNamee, Rudolf Mende, Hans-Joerg Müllenmeister, Günther Neumeier, Freda Nkirote, Erich Offermann, Barrie O'Leary, Ted Phillips, Alex Ritchie, Jürgen Schütz, Tanja Schütz, Jeffrey Scovil, Robert A. Smith, Manfred Szykora, Jack Townsend, Erica & Harold van Pelt, Rudy G. Weber, and Max Weibel

Lithographie Monograph No. 9: Fluorite - Collector's Choice

(2006) 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-9715371-9-4

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Contributions by: Contributions by: Dmitriy Belakovskiy, Dudley Blauwet, Bruce Cairncross, Guiomar Calvo, Miguel Calvo, Fabien Cesbron, Pierre Clavel, Rock Currier, Joan Deville, Rudolf Duthaler, Albert Gilg, Ray Grant, Michael Gray, Brennen Halvorson, Ian Jones, Matthias Jurgeit, Yoshiro Komuro, Ross Lillie, Guanghua Liu, Christophe Lucas, Mark Mauthner, Jason McDonald, Peter Megaw, Frank Melanson, Günther Neumeier, Erich Offermann, Arvid Pasto, John Pawloski, R. Peter Richards, Gloria Staebler, Hans Stalder, Brian Stefanec, and Earl Verbeek

Edited by: Edited by: Jesse Fisher, Miranda Jarnot, Günther Neumeier, Arvid Pasto, Gloria Staebler, and Tom Wilson

Illustrations by: Louis-Dominique Bayle, Dudley Blauwet, Zbynek Burival, Bruce Cairncross, Michael P. Cooper, Joël Damase, Kevin Dixon, Eric Dowty, Jesse Fisher, Albert Gilg, Brice Gobin, Michael Gray, Tema Hecht, Terry Huizing, Matthias Jurgeit, Mark Kielbaso, Moki Kokoris, Volker Lueders, Ross Lillie, Eric Livingston, Jason McDonald, John Medici, Peter Megaw, Günther Neumeier, Erich Offermann, Bertold Ottens, Arvid Pasto, John Rakovan, R. Peter Richards, Jeff Scovil, Hiroyuki Takano,and Hajime Zenzai

Lithographie Monograph No. 8: The Italian Island of Elba - A Mineralogical Jewel in the Tuscan Archipelago

(2006) 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-9715371-9-4

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Contributions by: Federico Pezzotta, Christina Denison, Andrea Dini, Alessandro Genazzani, and Renato Pagano

Edited by: Frank Hawthorne, Günther Neumeier, Renato Pagano, Gloria Staebler, and Tom Wilson

Illustrations by: Roberto Appiani, Andreas Dini, Alessandro Genazzani, Leda Giannettoni, Maximilian Glas, Rupert Hochleitner, Peter Huber, Silvio Lareida, Marco Lunghi, Günther Neumeier, Paolo Orlandi, Federico Pezzotta, Jeff Scovil, Gloria Staebler, Jeroen Speybroeck, Franco Valoti, and Harold & Erica van Pelt

Lithographie Monograph No. 7: Beryl And Its Color Varieties - Aquamarine, Heliodor, Morganite, Goshenite, Emerald, and Red Beryl

(2005) 112 pp. ISBN 097153716X

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Contributions by: Dmitriy Belakovskiy, John Bradshaw, Bruce Cairncross, Alexander U. Falster, Jesse Fisher, Lee Groat, Dermot Henry, Rupert Hochleitner, Michael Huber, Lee Van Iderstine, Marc Jacobson, Bruce Jarnot, Guanghua Liu, Peter Lyckberg, Luiz Menezez, Alfredo Petrov, Tony Potucek, Federico Pezzotta, William B. Simmons, Fabio Tamagnini, Stefan Weiss, and Michael Wise

Edited by: Alexander U. Falster, Miranda D. Jarnot, Günther A. Neumeier, William B. Simmons, Gloria Staebler, and Michael Wise

Illustrations by: Roberto Appiani, Paul Balayer, Bruce Cairncross, Frank Coffa, Emanuale Cucchiari, Kevin Dixon, Jesse Fisher, Gary Freeman, Bernie Gaboury, Walter Gabriel, Adalberto Giazotto, Lee Groat, Tino Hammid, John Haupt, Peter Huber, Terry Huizing, Jan Kanis, Dawn Kellet, Peter Lyckberg, Luiz Menezes, Günther Neumeier, Eckehard J. Petsch, Roberto Pucci, George Rossman, Thomas Schüpbach, Jeff Scovil, Harold & Erica van Pelt, Stefan Weiss, Frederick Wilda, and Brad Wilson

Lithographie Monograph No. 6: Pakistan - Minerals, Mountains & Majesty

(2004) 96 pp. ISBN 0971537143

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Contributions by: C.R. Beesley, Dudley Blauwet, Erich Draganits, Si & Ann Frazier, Tyler Funk, Bernhard Grasemann, Vera M.F. Hammer, Syed Mustafain Kazmi, Shafiee Muhammad, Günther Neumeier, Herb Obodda, Bill & Carol Smith, Gloria Staebler, and Andreas Weerth

Edited by: Giuseppe Agozzino, Dudley Blauwet, Miranda Jarnot, Shafiee Muhammad, Günther Neumeier, Gloria Staebler, and Tom Wilson

Illustrations by: Manzoom Ali, Roberto Appiani, C.R. Beesley, Dudley Blauwet, Frank Coffa, Erich Draganits, Maximilian Glas, Bernhard Grasemann, Eduard Gübelin, Vera M.F. Hammer, Georg Kandutsch, Brendan Laurs, Günther Neumeier, Omar Usamn Khan, Herb Obodda, Jeff Scovil, Mehfooz Ullah, Andreas Weerth, and Stefan Weiss

Lithographie Monograph No. 4: Calcite - Mineral with the Most Forms

(2003) 114 pp. ISBN 0971537135

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Contributions by: Reinhard Balzer, Sarah Bronko, Michael P. Cooper, Rudolf Duthaler, Stanley Dyle, Michael Gray, Günther Grundmann, Mickey Gunter, Rupert Hochleitner, Terry Huizing, Werner Lieber, Guanghua Liu, Berthold Ottens, R. Peter Richards, Lydie Touret, and Marc Wilson

Edited by: Terry Huizing, Miranda Jarnot, Günther A. Neumeier, R. Peter Richards, and Gloria Staebler

Illustrations by: Reinhard Balzer, Torbern Bergman, Ulrich Burchard, Michael P. Cooper, Rock Currier, Diderot & d'Alembert, Kevin Downey, Walter Gabriel, Maximilian Glas, Victor Goldschmidt, Andre Nicolas Van Gorp, Lindsay Greenbank, Mickey Gunter, Waltraud Harre, Hans Hauswaldt, Rene Just Haüy, Rupert Hochleitner, Terry Huizing, Ted Johnson, Ray Lasmanis, Werner Lieber, Alain Martaud, Olaf Medenbach, Hartmut Meyer, Henry Miers, Erich Offermann, Günther Neumeier, Stefan Oeldenberger, Dane Penland, R. Peter Richards, Paul Rustemeyer, Jeffrey Scovil, Steve Smale, Gloria Staebler, Peter Stemvers, Hugo Strunz, Marcel Vanek, Urs Widmer, Frederick Wilda, and Debra Wilson

Lithographie Monograph No. 1: Madagascar - A Mineral and Gemstone Paradise

(1999) extraLapis English No. 1 98 pp. ISBN 0971537100

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Author: Federico Pezzotta

Edited by: Miranda D. Jarnot, Günther A. Neumeier, William B. Simmons, and Gloria A. Staebler

Illustrations by: Roberto Appiani, Louis-Dominique Bayle, Rosalba Casiraghi, Michele Franchi, Günther Grundmann, Alfred Lacroix, Eckehard Petsch, Federico Pezzotta, Paul Rustemeyer, Jeff Scovil, and Franco Valoti

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