The Hermitage Cats
Treasures from the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Distributed for Unicorn Publishing Group
80 pages
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Illustrated in color throughou
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7 1/2 x 8
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© 2015
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Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword by Mikhail Piotrovsky
Angient Egypt: from guard to god
Angient Greece: out of a jug onto an amphora
Europe: from enemies to pampered pets
China: heirs of the sacred tigers
Japan: for merchants and samurai
Iran: children of the Prophet
Russia: guardians of the cradle
ST.Petersburg: cats in the palace
List of illustrations
Angient Egypt: from guard to god
Angient Greece: out of a jug onto an amphora
Europe: from enemies to pampered pets
China: heirs of the sacred tigers
Japan: for merchants and samurai
Iran: children of the Prophet
Russia: guardians of the cradle
ST.Petersburg: cats in the palace
List of illustrations
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