Description
From kittens peering out of curtained shop windows to mysterious tomcats slinking across tiled rooftops, "les chats parisiens" embody the sensuous spirit of Paris. This charming volume presents an artful gallery of black-and-white photographs of felines by such twentieth-century master photographers as Jacques Henri Lantigue, Edouard Boubat, and Robert Doisneau. Accompanied by an entertaining introduction and whimsical musings on cats by some of France's most illustrious intellectuals, including Chateaubriand, Baudelaire, and Colette, "Les Chats de Paris "will delight cat lovers and Francophiles the world over.