Cats in Books: A Celebration of Cat Illustration Through the Ages

by Rodney Dale (Editor)

• Used

  Illustrated
  2008

  $3.28

  In this lavishly illustrated volume, Rodney Dale presents some of the finest renderings of cats as they have appeared in books over the centuries. Some, like Sir John Tenniel's classic Cheshire Cat or Lewis Caroll's Alice's Adventures under Ground , are well known; others, such as the cats shown in the margins of the Lindisfarne Gospels and Luttrell Psalter , may be new to many readers. From Ancient Egypt onward, cat illustrators have endeavoured to capture the character of this notoriously elusive animal. Among those whose work is reproduced in Cats in Books are Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Durer, Arthur Rackham, and Aubrey Beardsley. Here, too, are images from Edward Gorey's playfull version of T.S. Elliot's Old Possum Book of Practical Cats and Kathleen Hale's Orlando . Feline fanciers and bibliophiles alike will delight in the cats depicted in this distinctive volume.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $5.65

  From ancient Egypt onward, illustrators have endeavoured to capture the character of that notoriously illusive animal, the cat. A celebration of the cat in illustration, this book reproduces illustrations from artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Durer, Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley. Also included are images from Edward Gorey's version of T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats , and Kathleen Hale's Orlando . Some of the illustrations, like Sir John Tenniel's Cheshire Cat for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . Others, such as the cats shown in the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Luttrell Psalter, may be new to some readers.