Animal: A Beastly Compendium

Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel (eds.)

ISBN 10: 1474274943 / ISBN 13: 9781474274944

Published by Bloomsbury, 2017

About this Item

First Edition (2017). Fine and unmarked beneath printed pictorial boards. (No dust jacket, as issued.) The boards remain clean and fine, save for some minor edge wear and rubbing. Edited by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel. Preface by Michel Pastoureau. Translated from the French by Augusta Dörr. 164pp. Illustrated. (Full title: 'Animal: A Beastly Compendium. Treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliothèque Nationale De France'. This is the UK/US First Edition. First published in France in 2014 by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal: A Beastly Compendium
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474274943
• ISBN 13: 9781474274944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

This sumptuous book presents a selection of over one hundred stunning artworks, depicting animals real and mythical, from the prints and photography collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The work opens with a preface from celebrated cultural historian Michel Pastoureau, who considers the symbolic importance of animals to our dreams and imagination. Each image is accompanied by a commentary from one of the BnF's expert editorial team of curators and archivists, which provides information on the natural and symbolic history of the creature depicted. Featured artworks include such masterpieces as Dürer's rhinoceros, Manet's cats, a carp by Hiroshige and Matisse's swan.

This is a truly beautiful and authoritative collection of some of the most recognisable and accomplished works of animal-themed art, from the medieval period to the present day.

About the Authors

Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel both work as curators at the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris.

Rémi Mathis is a curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. A specialist of old-masters prints, he has extensively published on this subject. He is also the editor of the French scholarly journal on printmaking, Nouvelles de l'estampe, and teaches at the École nationale des chartes and the École du Louvre, both in France.

Valérie Sueur-Hermel is a curator at the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris.