Rigor Vitae: Life Unyielding; The Art of Carel Pieter Brest Van Kempen

Eagle Mountain, UT: Eagle Mountain Publishing, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. As NEW. Brest Van Kempen, Karel Pieter. Quarto, 290 pp. Hardbound in gray cloth with gold stamping. Pictorial dust jacket. Foreward by Carl Benders, introduction by David J. Wagner, edited by Laura White Schuett. Fully illustrated in color with Brest van Kempen's paintings, which along with his commentary show a witty and detailed perception of animal behavior. A beautiful book by a major talent in wildlife art.