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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Favourite Cats. Slightly sunned spine to D/J. These favourite cats speak for themselves, proudly displaying their dominance over their human companions through fifty centuries of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, book illustrations, needlework, lacquers, and ceramics. From the temples of ancient Egypt to the pavements of nineteenth-century Paris, from Chinese gardens to medieval kitchens, these independent, devious, curious, and lovable creatures make their own statements about their wishes and desires. Showing cats in all sizes, shapes, and colours, and as cuddly kittens, hieratic images, and hunters on the prowl, this book proves the artists have recognised what every cat lover knows that cats are the most remarkable and endlessly interesting creature of all. Illustrated. 112 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.). …