Abstract: Dermatologists worldwide and American dermatologists in particular are fortunate to have this legendary multiauthored classic textbook, renamed Braun-Falco's Dermatology, in its third English edition with an American as the first editor. As one reads this superbly illustrated 1712-page volume, one understands why it has been the preeminent work in continental Europe and around the globe since it first appeared in 1961, earning accolades for each of its five German editions and two previous English-language ones. While harkening back to the days of yesteryear, when leading American dermatologists also sought training in Europe and emphasizing what an old University of California, Berkeley political science major like this reviewer savors, Erstbeselreiber, recognizing the first person to describe a disease, this is a thoroughly modern American and European textbook. It has been adroitly tailored for both American and European dermatologists through the extraordinary efforts of Professors Burgdorf (formerly Professor and Head, Dermatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine), Plewig (who is in America enough to be called an honorary American in the best Churchillian sense of our identity), Landthaler, Wolff, and Braun-Falco. Therefore, this world-renowned classic is one which every English-speaking dermatologist and dermatology resident should strongly consider for his or her bookshelf. This book is divided into 116 dermatology atlases–quality illustrated chapters within 16 sections beginning with basic principles, diagnostic tools, and infectious diseases. Written by 113 authors from America, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, this encyclopedic work is full of essential practical information with current English-language (usually American) references, many from 2007 and 2008. There are more than 1200 splendid photographs and diagrams embellishing this text. Superlative chapters meriting special note include those on fungal infections by Hans C. Korting, psoriasis by Enno Christophers and Ulrich Mrowitz, mosaicism and epidermal nevi by Rudolf Happle, acne and rosacea by Gerd Plewig, diseases of skin of color by Roselyn Epps, amyloidoses and hyalinoses by Thomas Ruzicka and Daniela Bruch-Gerharz, cysts by Markus Braun-Falco, benign epidermal tumors by Wolfgang Tilgen, malignant epidermal tumors by Wolfram Sterry and Eggert Stockfleth, mesenchymal and neural tumors by Bernhard Zelger, cutaneous lymphomas by Werner Kempf and Günter Burg, cancer-associated genodermatoses by Walter H. C. Burgdorf and Elke Sattler, and systemic therapy by Harald Gollnick. My main criticism is that Professor Burgdorf—a prodigious scholar who graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, did his dermatology residency at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii, and rose to become professor and head of dermatology at an American medical school—is not identified by his former academic titles, but rather by his lakeside residence in Bavaria. This magnum opus meets the needs of both European and American physicians, including the latter's unique concerns and controversies. Plewig's discussion of rosacea is superb, particularly on its variants, such as rosacea conglobata and rosacea fulminans. While lamenting isotretinoin's teratogenicity and the “very weak or absent” statistical evidence linking it with psychiatric problems, Plewig embraces its value in uplifting patients out of depression with striking clinical improvement in acne and rosacea. The psoriasis chapter delineates the risks and benefits of topical salicylic acid, specifically recommending by name an excellent product, Keralyt, the trade name employed in America, and the efficaciousness of topical calcineurin inhibitors for intertriginous psoriasis, noting such use off-label. The reader is therefore made aware of the special considerations of American dermatology, including the perceived need to seek complicit or complacent conformity with governmental regulatory edicts, and more importantly, in the use of specific medications and other options available in the United States. Those sage physicians with this robust book by their side will joyfully consult it often.