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Louis Figuier (1819-94) was destined to remain in academia until disagreements with fellow scholars led him to abandon this path and instead pursue 'the idea that scientific knowledge, which until then had been almost exclusively the property of the learned, should be put within the reach of the reading public'. Published in 1863, La Terre avant le dluge became a classic of popular science and introduced palaeontology to a wider readership; that this English translation appeared only two years later is an indication of its impact. Figuier wrote that his aim was 'to trace the progressive steps by which the earth has reached its present state ... and to describe the various convulsions and transformations through which it has successively passed'. The book was also celebrated for its inclusion of more than 200 illustrations by a pupil of Dor, douard Riou (1833-1900), who became famous as Jules Verne's illustrator a few years later.

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Title The World Before the Deluge
Author Louis Figuier; Henry W. Bristow (Translator)
Binding Paperback
Pages 524
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date 2013-09-05
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated
ISBN 9781108062473 / 1108062474
Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.17 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.97 cm)
Category Fiction - General
Dewey Decimal Code 560

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