This volume holds a treasure... Primates indeed contains 72 illustrated plates describing, by continent, the major primate species inhabiting our planet... [E]ach drawing, precise and magnificent, unveils their morphology, their colors, their postures... [A] splendid and fascinating book. -- Rafaele Brillaud Science & Vie Those who love beautiful nature plates--in the tradition of Audubon and his birds--will be delighted by this landmark book... [D]azzling illustrated plates. -- Rachel Mulot Sciences et Avenir A masterpiece. Francois Desbordes's 72 watercolor plates are pure marvels, in the great tradition of scientific pictures of the 19th century. -- Marc Giraud L'Oiseau Magazine

Jean-Jacques Petter (1927-2002) was a world authority on lemurs and one of France's leading primatologists. He was a research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Francois Desbordes is one of France's premier wildlife illustrators. Robert Martin is the A. Watson Armour III Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago.