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About this book
A prodigiously talented pair of English twins, the Detmold brothers shared an intense passion for drawing and observing animals. As young children, they began sketching at the Zoological Gardens in London, displayed their work at the Royal Academy by the time they were 13, and published their first book of illustrations soon after. The British art world recognized their unique gift immediately and saw them as a single creative soul residing in two bodies. Their exquisite etchings, watercolors, and pen and ink drawings, rendered in the Japanese style, are remarkable for their fine detail and vivid coloration.
This glorious collection of illustrations ranges from the Detmolds' 1899 debut, Pictures from Birdland, to a 1925 edition of the exotic Arabian Nights. Other selections include curious creatures great and small from Aesop's Fables and Fabre's Book of Insects. You'll encounter a meticulously rendered menagerie that includes a slithering python and fierce tiger from The Jungle Book, a vain jackdaw with beautiful plumage, a glistening lizard and butterfly in a garden, a lace-winged praying mantis, and so much more. Collectors of fine art and beautiful books, as well as animal lovers, will treasure this distinctive art from the Golden Age of book illustration.
This glorious collection of illustrations ranges from the Detmolds' 1899 debut, Pictures from Birdland, to a 1925 edition of the exotic Arabian Nights. Other selections include curious creatures great and small from Aesop's Fables and Fabre's Book of Insects. You'll encounter a meticulously rendered menagerie that includes a slithering python and fierce tiger from The Jungle Book, a vain jackdaw with beautiful plumage, a glistening lizard and butterfly in a garden, a lace-winged praying mantis, and so much more. Collectors of fine art and beautiful books, as well as animal lovers, will treasure this distinctive art from the Golden Age of book illustration.
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LIST OF PLATES
FRONTISPIECE. The Crested Crane
From PICTURES FROM BIRDLAND, with rhymes by E.B.S.; illustrated by Maurice Detmold and Edward J. Detmold. [J. M. Dent & Co. London, and E. P. Dutton & Co. New York, 1899.]
The Green Tree Frog (on p. v of introduction)
From THE BOOK OF BABY PETS, descriptions by Florence E. Dugdale; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1910.]
PICTURES FROM BIRDLAND, with rhymes by E.B.S.; illustrated by Maurice Detmold and Edward J. Detmold. [J. M. Dent & Co., London, and E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1899.]
- 1. The Toucan
- 2. The Gallinule
- 3. The Penguin
- 4. The Guan
- 5. The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
- 6. The Osprey
- 7. The Hummingbird
- 8. The Cormorant
- 9. The Oriole
- 10. The Pheasant
- 11. The Hang Nest
- 12. The Bateleur Eagle
- 13. The Owl
THE JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling; illustrated by Maurice Detmold and Edward J. Detmold. [Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1908.]
- 14. The “Council Rock”
- 15. “Akela” the Lone Wolf
- 16. Baloo in the Forest
- 17. The “Cold Lairs”
- 18. The Monkey Fight
- 19. “Kaa” the Python
- 20. Shere Khan in the Jungle
- 21. The Return of the Buffalo Herd
- 22. Rikki-tikki-tavi and Nag
- 23. Elephan...
Table of contents
- DOVER BOOKS ON FINE ART
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- LIST OF PLATES