1300 Real and Fanciful Animals from Seventeenth-Century Engravings (Dover Pictorial Archive) [Paperback]

Matthäus Merian (the Younger) (Author), Carol Belanger Grafton (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 23, 1998

Unusual and imaginative illustrations, carefully arranged into 4 major divisions 

— quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects — include realistic and fanciful depictions of virtually every real animal, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons and basilisks. Indispensable volume of royalty-free graphics for immediate use by commercial and graphic artists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (January 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486402371
• ISBN-13: 978-0486402376
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Reference, March 31, 2001

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This review is from: 1300 Real and Fanciful Animals from Seventeenth-Century Engravings (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

This book is a collection of images and engravings of mythological animals. For the artist who is in search of period imagery, I highly reccomend this book; the engravings are beautiful and wierd--enough to stimulate anyone's imagination! For one who wants content and description of these creatures, this book isn't for you--there is not much text. Overall, a great resource book for artists.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely done, October 3, 2007

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Version One (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1300 Real and Fanciful Animals from Seventeenth-Century Engravings (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

This is a nicely done book of woodcuts and pen and ink illustrations for anyone looking for a different style of illustration. There is little clean-up involved on these nice clean illustrations if you decide to scan them. They also convert nicely to vector with the Live-Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Resource for Unique Images, May 22, 2010

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Janeen Duer (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1300 Real and Fanciful Animals from Seventeenth-Century Engravings (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

I will admit that my expectations of creatures that might be contained were firmly in my head when I ordered this, and some creatures I longed and hoped for were not included. There were a number of delightful pictures that I doubt I will ever use despite the excellent illustrations, but there are also some incredible ones that will be used over and over in my art journal projects and ATC experiments for sure. There is plenty in this book for the collage or transfer artist to toy with, all with excellent detail that should enhance any project quite well. Am happy to have it on my shelf!