Morris, Frances and Christopher Green (editors) — Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris

London, Tate Publishing, 2005. Softbound. Green & color illustrated wraps. 232 pp. Profusely illustrated in color, some bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition of the jungle paintings of French Post-Impressionist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910). With highly illustrated essays by Frances Morris, Christopher Green, Vincent Gille, Nancy Ireson, Claire Freches-Thory, John House, and Pascal Rousseau, making this a massive collection of color plates and scholarly text. Includes a detailed chronology, bibliography, and list of works at rear. Stunning visuals. Contents as follows: Jungles in Paris /; Frances Morris --; Souvenirs of the Jardin des Plantes : making the exotic strange again /; Christopher Green --; Illusion of sources -- sources of illusion : Rousseau thought the images of his time /; Vincent Gille --; Rousseau's paintings /; Nancy Ireson --; Rousseau and his world --; familiar made strange --; Images of war and peace --; peaceful exotic --; French landscapes --; dangerous exotic --; Mysterious meetings --; From sarcasm to canonisation : critical fortune /; Claire Freches-Thory --; Henri Rousseau as an academic /; John House --; magic of images : hallucination and magnetic reverie in the work of Henri Rousseau /; Pascal Rousseau --; Chronology /; Nancy Ireson. Like new .