Re: A book by its cover....

[Jonathon Woolf <jwoolf@erinet.com>]

Patrick Norton wrote:

> Has anyone read Dr. Fortey's book? (I'm sure he had nothing to do with
> the jacket.)  Does anyone know the story behind the "flipped" image? A
> simple mistake? Artistic license? The book is still in its first edition,
> so if the image is corrected in later editions we may have a collector's
> item in the works!

According to the back flap, the photograph is of a cast of the Berlin
specimen, not the actual specimen itself.  Could this explain the reversal?

-- Jon W.