An Edwardian Bestiary: 87 Color Plates

103 Pages·2012·11.53 MB·English

by  Maurice Detmold

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Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by Jeff A. Menges
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Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an original compilation of
illustrations from the following list of sources (arranged in chronological order).
The first two volumes were illustrated by both Maurice Detmold and Edward J.
Detmold; all of the remaining titles were illustrated solely by Edward J.
Detmold.
Pictures from Birdland (J. M. Dent & Co., London and E. P. Dutton & Co.,
New York, 1899); The Jungle Book (Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London, 1908);
The Fables of Aesop (Hodder and Stoughton, New York, 1909); The Book of
Baby Pets (Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton. London, 1910); The Book
of Baby Beasts (Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1911); Birds
and Beasts (George Allen & Co., Ltd., London, 1911); The Book of Baby
Birds (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1912); Hours of
Gladness (George Allen & Co., Ltd., London and Dodd, Mead and Company,
New York, 1912); Birds in Town and Village (E. P. Dutton & Company, New
York, 1920); Fabre’s Book of Insects (Dodd, Mead and Company, New York,
1921); Our Little Neighbours (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press,
London, 1921); Rainbow Houses (Jonathan Cape, London, 1923); and The
Arabian Nights (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1924).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data An Edwardian bestiary: 87
color plates / Maurice Detmold and Edward J.
Detmold ; edited and with a new introduction by Jeff A. Menges.
p. cm.
9780486136349
1. Detmold, Charles Maurice, 1883—1908. 2. Detmold, Edward Julius, 1883—
1957.3. Animals in art. I. Menges, Jeff A. II. Detmold, Charles Maurice, 1883—
1957.3. Animals in art. I. Menges, Jeff A. II. Detmold, Charles Maurice, 1883—
1908. III. Detmold, Edward Julius. 1883—1957.

NC978.5.D46A4 2009
741.6’4092—dc22
2008044541

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Table of Contents
DOVER BOOKS ON FINE ART
Title Page
Copyright Page
INTRODUCTION
LIST OF PLATES