A Bestiary

by Alexander Calder

This book is the reintroduction of a timeless classic that was first published in 1955 as a signed, limited edition. This beautifully produced book is based on the original collaboration between Wilbur and Calder, for which Calder created more than 50 whimsical drawings and Wilbur chose excerpts from classic works of literature -- poetry, essays, novels, plays, stories -- to accompany them. One finds such unexpected combinations as Faulkner on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679428755
• ISBN13: 9780679428756
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

Ugly

Unfortunately this book is not worth buying. The line drawings are something a 3-year old might have done. I was very disappointed with this volume.

Quoted from the dust jacket of the 1993 edition published by FOURTH ESTATE

This is the first UK publication of A BESTIARY, a beguiling menagerie in words and drawings only hitherto available as a signed, limited edition published in the United States in 1955. This beautifully produced book is based on the original collaboration between Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder, for which Calder created more than fifty whimsical drawings in his own unique style and Wilbur choose excerpts from classic works of literature -- poetry, essays, novels, plays, stories -- to accompany them. In this enchanting book one finds such unexpected combinations as Faulkner on the Dog, Machiavelli on the Centaur, Disraeli on the Ape, T. E. Lawrence on the Camel, Thoreau on the Mouse, Laurence Sterne on the Fly, Plato on the Grasshopper, and Bertrand Russell on the Unicorn, among many others. A BESTIARY is timeless, with delights for young and old alike. It is a book that will bring endless pleasure, proving that the combination of animals, art and literature is irresistible.