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SERPENS [Hardcover]

Jacqueline Goy (Author), Patrick Remy (Editor), Guido Mocafico (Photographer)

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Publication Date: November 21, 2008 | ISBN-10: 3865213790 | ISBN-13: 978-3865213792 | Edition: First Edition

By way of a day job, Guido Mocafico takes pictures for Wallpaper, The Face and French and American Vogue. For years he's also been photographing creepy-crawlies, including spiders, snakes and jellyfish. What animal has inspired as much dread, as many legends, as much revulsion and terror as the snake? Among the 2,700 known species, few are dangerous, let alone lethal, to humans, but prejudices run deep. Cobras, mambas, vipers and their cousins swing languidly from Amazonian canopies, hibernate through harsh Arctic winters, and eat entire cows in one gulp; humans quiver in their boots. Even as some species face the possibility of extinction before we fully understand them, new ones are still being discovered. Mocafico's explorations of their aesthetic properties bring out the singular power and beauty--and ability to unnerve--of the animal that human societies have called demon, divinity, sacred protector and ancestor.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 108 pages
Publisher: Steidl; First Edition edition (November 21, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3865213790
ISBN-13: 978-3865213792
Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #669,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a beautifull book, August 9, 2010

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This is a very beautifull book, with lots of two page serpent images. If you are searching for an art book on serpent images, this is your book. This is not a cientific one, just an art book. THere are also informations about the species figured at the end of the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous!, December 28, 2009

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This is a gorgeous book that really shows the range of colors and textures of one of the most amazing animals - snakes!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very unique, October 28, 2009

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I received this book as a gift, I love it. It is beautiful and fun too look at. I am an animal lover and of course love snakes as well. This book really captures their mystique.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great coffee table or reference book
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Fantastic beautiful book, the photos are out of this world. The individual descriptions for the photos are concise and informative. Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars WTF?
Have you seen the prices they are charging for this book? $1500 for a self-published art book is conceivable, but $700,000? Is it printed on platinum pages?

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Published on January 6, 2009 by Lyn K. Humphries

4.0 out of 5 stars If you love snakes, you'll love this book!
It has beautiful pictures of all kinds of snakes. There is a wide variety of species and colors. I got the book for half the price at Amazon. Read more

Published on December 21, 2008 by Laurie Bendell

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