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Click to enlargeAn Edwardian Bestiary: 87 Color Plates

Maurice Detmold
Edward J. Detmold
Jeff A. Menges
Jeff A. Menges
Our Price$12.95New!(Table of Contents)
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486468771
Page Count: 96
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11
A prodigiously talented pair of English twins, the Detmold brothers created their first book of animal art at the age of 16. This full-color collection ranges from their 1899 debut, Pictures from Birdland, to a 1925 edition of Arabian Nights. Other selections include curious creatures from Aesop's Fables and Fabre's Book of Insects.
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