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The Magic of Birds by Fisher, Celia, author; British Library is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Magic of Birds about?

Of all the animals with which we share the planet, few have captured peoples imaginations as thoroughly, or enchantingly, as birds. Symbols of freedom but also of captivity, good fortune but also ill omen, the human spirit and the unknowable animalbirds have delighted and haunted us for millennia. The Magic of Birds brings that fascination to the printed page. A marvelous mix of words and images, it carries readers around the globe, from the myths of ancient Egypt to the Finnish epic The Kalevala , to find the tracks of birds in art and literature. We see birds peeking out of illuminated medieval manuscripts, swooping across antique maps, and preening in natural history paintings. Alongside, Celia Fisher offers a dazzling cultural history of birds, tracing their presence, as animals and symbols, in the literature, art, and religion of Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. A truly stunning volume, worthy of our eternal love affair with birds, The Magic of Birds is the perfect book to set beside your birdseed and binoculars.

Author

Fisher, Celia, author; British Library

Publisher

London: The British Library

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780712357425

Subjects

Art, Arts

Rating

4.6 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14