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Posted on 11 Nov 05 in Books and poetry
There is still some chaos to be sorted out in my study after moving with James into our new apartment just one year ago. While cleaning out a corner, I came across this picture on a postcard I bought years ago. It reminds me of how much I would love to have a cat (which is impossible, because I live in an an apartment and am horribly allergic to cat hairs) to share my love of books.
Le chat
Je souhaite dans ma maison:
Une femme ayant sa raison,
Un chat passant parmi les livres
Des amis en toute saison
Sans lesquels je ne peux pas vivre.


"I wish to have in my home: a woman of reason, a cat among the books, friends for every season without which I cannot live."

"The cat" in Le Bestiaire ou Cortè d'Orphée, by Guillaume Apollinaire, first published by Deplanche, 1911; illustrated by Raoul Dufy, woodcut, 33.0 x 25.2 cm.

This is the cover of the reproduction published by David R. Godine (Boston, 1980)
Bestiary

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