Animal Wisdom
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Animal Wisdom
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2021
Oblong 8vo., dark cream sewn wraps with integrated maroon wrapper printed typographically with text and decorative borders in gilt; onlaid image showing an owl with a bow and the arrows of ‘Love’, ‘Grace’, ‘Humility’ and ‘Joy’ in his quiver; calligraphic text in brown throughout, printed on white and cream paper with 16 full-colour illustrations; fine.
Fourth reprint of an edition first published in 1999. This copy signed by van Sandwyk in black ink to the inside front cover.
Containing philosophical advice from the perspective of several wild animals, including the importance of remembering one’s roots, the knowledge that beauty is often found in the most fleeting of things, and that even small actions have the power to make a difference. Plates include monkeys reading, elephants helping with the harvest, squirrels cracking acorns with nutcrackers, and mice closing the envelope of ‘fate’ with sealing wax.
A wondrous collection of aphorisms from some of the most sage of counsellors.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Animal Wisdom
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2021
Oblong 8vo., dark cream sewn wraps with integrated maroon wrapper printed typographically with text and decorative borders in gilt; onlaid image showing an owl with a bow and the arrows of ‘Love’, ‘Grace’, ‘Humility’ and ‘Joy’ in his quiver; calligraphic text in brown throughout, printed on white and cream paper with 16 full-colour illustrations; fine.
Fourth reprint of an edition first published in 1999. This copy signed by van Sandwyk in black ink to the inside front cover.
Containing philosophical advice from the perspective of several wild animals, including the importance of remembering one’s roots, the knowledge that beauty is often found in the most fleeting of things, and that even small actions have the power to make a difference. Plates include monkeys reading, elephants helping with the harvest, squirrels cracking acorns with nutcrackers, and mice closing the envelope of ‘fate’ with sealing wax.
A wondrous collection of aphorisms from some of the most sage of counsellors.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Animal Wisdom
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2021
Oblong 8vo., dark cream sewn wraps with integrated maroon wrapper printed typographically with text and decorative borders in gilt; onlaid image showing an owl with a bow and the arrows of ‘Love’, ‘Grace’, ‘Humility’ and ‘Joy’ in his quiver; calligraphic text in brown throughout, printed on white and cream paper with 16 full-colour illustrations; fine.
Fourth reprint of an edition first published in 1999. This copy signed by van Sandwyk in black ink to the inside front cover.
Containing philosophical advice from the perspective of several wild animals, including the importance of remembering one’s roots, the knowledge that beauty is often found in the most fleeting of things, and that even small actions have the power to make a difference. Plates include monkeys reading, elephants helping with the harvest, squirrels cracking acorns with nutcrackers, and mice closing the envelope of ‘fate’ with sealing wax.
A wondrous collection of aphorisms from some of the most sage of counsellors.