From Rembrandt's monumental elephant and Toulouse-Lautrec's prancing circus steed to Rubens' masterly brush-and-ink study of a lion, this unique collection portrays all manner of creatures from the animal kingdom. More than 100 royalty-free illustrations -- 17 in colour -- include magnificent works by: Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Anthony van Dyck, Francisco Goya, Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Diego Velazquez, Fra Bartolommeo, Katsushika Hokusai, John James Audubon, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, and many other masters.A superb archive of carefully selected works by celebrated artists, from Renaissance luminaries to twentieth-century masters, this rich pictorial legacy will be prized by animal lovers as much as it will be treasured by devotees of fine art.