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Best dense-information, detailed-illustration books of things?

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mouser:
I really love these reference books that are densely packed with small illustrations or photos on every page, cataloging animals, insects, etc.

Here are two prime examples:

http://www.amazon.com/Sibley-Guide-Birds-David-Allen/dp/0679451226


http://www.amazon.com/Sibley-Guide-Trees-David-Allen


Anyone have any others to recommend?

Stoic Joker:
There's a sad irony in a book about trees.

mouser:
There's a sad irony in a book about trees.
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or perhaps there is a sublime honor in being a solitary tree from whose single trunk the entire catalog and history of all the world's arboretum might be set forth and passed on and studied.

Stoic Joker:
There's a sad irony in a book about trees.
--- End quote ---

or perhaps there is a sublime honor in being a solitary tree from whose single trunk the entire catalog and history of all the world's arboretum might be set forth and passed on and studied.-mouser (July 16, 2010, 01:44 PM)
--- End quote ---

Hm... I'm thinking that perhaps there is a fine line between "Sublime Honor", and Short Straw... :)

app103:
The whole DK Eyewitness series is like that but they are intended for older kids, even though adults love reading them too.

This is from the book Arms and Armour:

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