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Available
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Publication
London : British Museum Press in association with the Natural History Museum, 1996.
Description
A survey of the cat and its 7,000-year relationship with mankind. Using illustrations drawn mainly from the British and Natural History Museums, this book looks at the different roles cats have played in human life and how modern breeds have evolved from the original wild cat.
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LibraryThing member devenish
As you might expect with anything produced by The British Museum,this is a well-presented and well researched book.
It is divided into the following easily digested sections. 1. The Cat's Place in Nature.2.Cat's in Ancient Times.3. The Cat in Legend and Witchcraft.4 Cats in Modern Times.
The book is
It is divided into the following easily digested sections. 1. The Cat's Place in Nature.2.Cat's in Ancient Times.3. The Cat in Legend and Witchcraft.4 Cats in Modern Times.
The book is
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beautifully illustrated,and among the photographs that attracted me are those of ' a striped tabby cat' by George Baxter, 'Cat Licking his Paw' by Katsukawa Shunsho, 'Cat and Mouse' from the Luttrell Psalter,and 'Muscipula' (Cat eying a Mouse caught in a Trap) by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
96 p.; 21.6 cm
ISBN
0714117587 / 9780714117584