A Bestiary
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This book is the reintroduction of a timeless classic that was first published in 1955 as a signed, limited edition. This beautifully produced book is based on the original collaboration between Wilbur and Calder, for which Calder created more than 50 whimsical drawings and Wilbur chose excerpts from classic works of literature -- poetry, essays, novels, plays, stories -- to accompany them. One finds such unexpected combinations as Faulkner on the Dog, Machiavelli on the Centaur, Disraeli on the Ape, Sherwood Anderson on the Horse, T.E. Lawrence on the Camel, Thoreau on the Mouse, Plato on the Grasshopper, and Bertrand Russell on the Unicorn, etc.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0679428755
ISBN13:9780679428756
Release Date:November 1993
Publisher:Pantheon Books
Length:74 Pages
Weight:1.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 9.3" x 12.3"
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Quoted from the dust jacket of the 1993 edition published by FOURTH ESTATE
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This is the first UK publication of A BESTIARY, a beguiling menagerie in words and drawings only hitherto available as a signed, limited edition published in the United States in 1955. This beautifully produced book is based on the original collaboration between Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder, for which Calder created more than fifty whimsical drawings in his own unique style and Wilbur choose excerpts from classic works of literature -- poetry, essays, novels, plays, stories -- to accompany them. In this enchanting book one finds such unexpected combinations as Faulkner on the Dog, Machiavelli on the Centaur, Disraeli on the Ape, T. E. Lawrence on the Camel, Thoreau on the Mouse, Laurence Sterne on the Fly, Plato on the Grasshopper, and Bertrand Russell on the Unicorn, among many others. A BESTIARY is timeless, with delights for young and old alike. It is a book that will bring endless pleasure, proving that the combination of animals, art and literature is irresistible.
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