Puss in Boots

Here is a magnificent illustrated version of "Puss in Boots" that is sure to take its place alongside those books that are discussed avidly years after their original publication. Using a retelling of great economy and wit by Lincoln Kirstein, Alain Vaës has created illustrations that are both sumptuous and clever. Drawing on sources from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as references and filling his illustrations with exquisite detail, Mr. Vaës has created a book that is a cornucopia of visual delights and that will intrigue and entertain readers of all ages. From jacket flap.