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Wszystkie zwierzęta opisane w tej książce mają nadzwyczajne supermoce – są jak prawdziwi superbohaterowie! Sokół potrafi atakować z powietrza z prędkością niemal 400 km/h, jad kobry może uśmiercić nawet kilka osób, kangur ma w piętach specjalne wyrzutnie, delfin i nietoperz posiadają zdolności echolokacyjne, a antylopa ma tak umięśnione uda, że może skakać wysoko jak na sprężynach!

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The Bestiary, 30 short poems celebrating mammals, birds, fish, insects and the mythical poet Orpheus appeared in 1911 and was Apollinaire's first published work. Although they appear slight, the poems inspired the artist Raoul Dufy to illustrate each of them with a woodcut (5 of the 30 woodcuts are reproduced in the chapbook) and the composer Francis Poulenc to set six of them to music. The poems - witty, ironical and full of surprising images - show Apollinaire's mastery of short form poetry, and Martin Sorrell's superb rhyming translation perfectly preserves the spirit of the original....

The history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such, scholars will welcome this collection of essays by internationally recognised experts that gathers together for the first time varied and stimulating perspectives on the nineteenth-century collector and art market for French eighteenth-century art, and ultimately the formation of collections that form part of such august institutions as the Louvre and the National Gallery in London. The book is the culmination of a successful conference organised...