Mermaids

by Elizabeth Ratisseau

Book Overview

Our volume is a compilation of succinct and insightful extracts from the literature of mermaids, and also some of our favorite images of mermaids. The pictures are by a variety of painters (including... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188321114X
• ISBN13: 9781883211141
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Laughing Elephant
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

For Mermaid Lovers

If you love Mermaids you must own a copy of this book! This book is so sweetly put together. The images were carefully chosen; so beautiful and elegant. Ratisseau did an exquisite job. Her Fairies book is just as lovely too. One will also like Lori Eisenkraft-Palazzola's books too if they like this one.

Simply Lovely!

I had my eye on this book for quite some time when I ordered it a couple months ago. I was looking for a book with mostly pictures and not too much text on mermaids. This is perfect. I only wish it was longer. This book has page after page of beautiful pictures. There are also poems and quotes from books, journals, etc about merfolk. If you're interested in learning more about all the different types of merfolk and other mythical water creatures, I recommend Magickal Mermaids and Water Creatures Invoke the Magick of the Waters, by D.J. Conway.

wonderful collaberation of mermaid pictures

I was so pleased when I looked inside this book. This book includes beautiful pictures of mermaids as well as interesting sayings, information, and poems about mermaids. The pictures weren't just cute drawings but paintings, excerpts from magazines, pictures from storybooks, and medieval drawings of mermaids. I am a mermaid lover and only like the best of mermaid books. This is book is one of the best. I recommend this book to anyone who loves mermaids.

If You're Looking for Facts, Check the Britannica

This slim, beautiful little volume is very satisfying if you are looking to enjoy the beauty of mermaids. It does not have a lot of "facts" but why would you be searching for facts about mermaids when they inhabit the nebulous realm of magic? This book contains 49 full color illustrations of mermaids, some of the more famous ones like Waterhouse's and Pyle's are included, but so are many that you probably will not have seen before. Ratisseau is a brilliant compiler and she has outdone herself here with super research and a flair for the subject. The text consists of many wonderful quotes, again, some famous and some obscure. The page lay-outs are tasty and most of the illustrations have a luminous sea-blue border around them, all printed on quality paper and perfect for gift-giving or for treating yourself.

A beautiful book

This has to be one the most drop-dead-gorgeous books I've seen. The pages have a luxuriant blue luster, and the illustrations--many of which I had not seen before--have been remarkably chosen. The literary excerpts, including words of Shakespeare, Wilde, Yeats, are the sort that you would underline while reading those works, for their sheer beauty. Note that this is not a scholarly work and teaches nothing of the history of mermaids. However, it gives an impression, overall, of the sadness and beauty of the mermaid experience.