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50 DEPARTURES Nature’s Bounty Clockwise from top left: LIGHT In this four-volume, limited-edition collection, Swiss photographer Michel Comte casts his gaze – often from the open window of a helicopter – on the delicate beauty of the Earth’s dwindling glaciers, from the peaks of Nepal to the American Rockies. steidl.de NATURALIS FONS With eye-popping colours and alienlike patterns, the book’s mind-bending images belie their sources: plants like the lemon-balm leaf and dandelion, known for their healing properties, shot from extra-close range. silvanaeditoriale.com DAVID YARROW PHOTOGRAPHY The famed British photographer travelled six continents to document, in remarkable detail, the fierce beauty of nature in some of the most inhospitable environments on the planet. rizzoliusa.com THE CORAL TRIANGLE A literal deep dive into the kaleidoscopic Southeast Asian wonderland, Christ Leidy uncovers the grace – and fragility – of our planet’s most biodiverse ecosystem, which is home to 30 per cent of the world’s coral. assouline.com
THE ART OF NATURAL HISTORY Curated from among France’s national collection of 7,000 pre-photographic depictions of flora and fauna – many now extinct – this exhaustive survey bridges the gap between art, history and science. rizzoliusa.com JOHN CAGE: A MYCOLOGICAL FORAY The idiosyncratic American composer possessed a savant-like knowledge of and fascination for all things fungi, which is on full display in this two-volume compendium of his illustrated musings. atelier-editions.com FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE This eye-opening book offers a chance to follow 67 bird species on their migratory journeys across the world, from the Arctic tern’s passage from the UK to Antarctica to the bar-headed goose’s flight over the Himalayas. yalebooks.com 51 DEPARTURES
