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printed in two volumes

this book – Porter’s first for Perimeter Editions – could be understood as an archaeological dream of the photographic spirit from which we are assembling many of the perceptual models of our future experience of reality

The Birds of Australia collection is lovingly handmade using cream/white earthenware clay with a gloss glaze on the front

Featuring intergalactic illustrations by Sophie Beer

Best of All Possible Worlds Publisher / British Library Publishing protection and loveGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was one of history's most astounding thinkers, a universal genius akin to Leonardo da Vinci or Benjamin Franklin, but comparatively little known. In this mind expanding biography, historian Michael Kempe charts a thrilling course through Leibniz's work, illuminating the continued impact of his unparalleled contributions to knowledge. Recreating seven crucial days in Leibniz's life, Kempe shows us a great mind in action,