Medieval Cats.**

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap by Susan Herbert; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine,no marks,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright,blocked gilt printer's device to upper board,with immaculate unmarked plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,64pp [unpaginated] includes b/w cat vignette illustrated half-title,recto of which has full-page,full-colour illustration,b/w cat vignette illustrated title page,a preface,and 31 full-page,full-colour,captioned illustrations. In her four much-loved previous books,Susan Herbert has introduced us to a world of art inhabited entirely by cats.She has not only given us cats of all sorts in masterpieces and familiar paintings,but also as figures in the domestic and social life of Victorian England.Now she explores an entirely new era: the art of the Middle Ages.She leads us here into the magical world of brightly coloured illuminations,the romances of medieval chivalry,the sparkling Books of Hours and other devotional volumes.These are courtly scenes of pageantry,of beautifully costumed creatures in a wonderful land of medieval castles and churches,splendid banquets and colourful jousting ceremonies.All based on authentic works of the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, these infinitely detailed paintings show us cats in jewel-like settings, remote but endearing - a ravishing testimony to a world of long ago.
See also rja1646 - 'Impressionist Cats', rja26997 - 'Medieval Cats',rja451913 'OPERA CATS',rja491514 - 'MOVIE CATS',for other author/artist titles available.For other titles of similar interest and/or subject see my book ID's rja32718 (Janis Mitchell: THE HAMSTER BALLET COMPANY) and rja681617 (Zoe Stokes: ZOE'S CATS.).
Susan Herbert,freelance artist,studied at the Ruskin School of Art.Having worked and painted for the English National Opera and the Theatre Royal,she now specializes in limited edition prints of theatrical animals,and exhibits frequently. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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