Centuries of Owls in Art and the Written Word

Norwalk: Silvermine Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. This specific hardback book is in fine condition with very minimal wear and a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in near fine condition with some minor cover or edge wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Centuries of Owls in Art and the Written Word by Faith Medlin is precisely what the title indicates. It is a very nice collection of owls in art from around the world, from different cultures and different times, accompanied by a very well done text, which includes fables, folk tales and wonderful bits of information...yes folks, trivia! There are approximately 83 illustrations which include black and white photographs, drawings, pottery, clay effigies, whalebone carvings, paintings, bronze vessels, tapestries, woodcut engravings, and coins. The geographical area covered in this surprisingly short work covers most of the world, from Asia to South American, Europe, Australia, North America, from the Arctic to the Tropics. The author gives us examples of Neolithic Care Art dating Circa 33,000 to 17,000 B.C., to the present. Cultures from the Ancient Egyptians, China, Aztec, Norse, North and South European and Italian Renaissance, and Native American cover just a small portion. The role of the owl in various religions throughout time is quite well addressed. Now these artifacts or objects of art are accompanied by a plethora of folk takes, fables and stories from all of the different countries and cultures from which they, i.e. the art, came from. They include many of Aesop's Fables, Legends from the Pacific Northwest, British, French, German, English, and Russian."; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 93 pages .