Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Used book still in great condition. Cover and corners has some wear but pages are free from notes and in great condition. See images. A great book.

About the book >.>.> Lumbering and lovable grotesquely shaped and engaging prodigiously strong and afraid of mice the paradoxical pachyderm known as the elephant has held an irresistible appeal for artists and storytellers for centuries. The great grey animal has inspired far more colorful paintings and figurines and legends has been endowed with far more fantastic attributes and curious powers than any of its handsomer fellow beasts.Here are elephants-the most variegated herd ever assembled. Elephants that carry princes on their backs and an elephant who takes to the air for the delight of modern children: priceless elephants in silk and jade and ivory odd elephants in wicker and wood. elephants that are buildings and bushes symbolic elephants adorning banners and campaign buttons. Here are elephants carved in crystal clear glass and elephants whose dull wrinkled hide has been overlaid with brilliant color: elephants who battle one another or light man’s wars for him-and even a suit of elephant armor!Through the ages they appear-in religion in art in the crafts and lore of people around the world in commerre and politics and humor. Here elephant one of the most ench the world’s beasts.