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Author/Creator:

Bodleian Library

Contributors:

De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-

Barber, Richard W.

Settle, Brian

Eccles, David

St. Edmundsbury Press

Dot Gradations Ltd.

Windles (Firm)

Hunter and Foulis Ltd.

Ludlow Bookbinders

Languages:

English
Latin

Language Notes:

Item content: English, Latin
Translated from (original): Latin

Main Work:

Liber bestiarum (Ms. Bodley 764) [Bodleian Library]

Subjects:

Bestiaries

Bestiaries — History and criticism

Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) — Translations into English

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) — England — Oxford

Animals — Folklore — Early works to 1800

Animals in art

Zoology — Pre-Linnean works

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) — England — Oxford — Facsimiles

Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Animals — Folklore

Animals

Zoology

England — Oxford

Genres:

Early works

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Translations

Facsimiles

General Notes:

Volume [1] contains the commentary and translation of Ms. Bodley 764 ; vol. [2] is a facsimile reproduction of the ms.
"Printed on Profil paper by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds and bound by Hunter and Foulis, Haddington, in Heritage cloth."--Vol. [1], p. [4].
"Liber bestiarum is a facsimile of manuscript Bodley 764 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The reprographics are by Dot Gradations, Wickford, Essex. The book has been printed and gold foiled by Windles of Thame, Oxon, on Furioso paper. This edition has been hand bound for members of the Folio Society by Brian Settle of Ludlow Bookbinders in full Nigerian [red] goatskin leather over bevelled boards, blocked with a design by David Eccles. The edition is limited to 1980 numbered copies and 20 lettered copies which are not for sale."--Vol. [2], colophon.
The facsimile is bound in red, richly decorated leatherette over boards; spine in five compartments, each with a stamped image of an animal. Pale green endleaves. The commentary and translation volume bound in navy-blue cloth over boards; gilt and green lettering; gilt-stamped decorations. In a navy-blue drop back box; title stamped on red label on spine.
Fine condition.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Call Numbers:

PA8275.B4 H36 2008

OCLC Numbers:

234774219
942622499 [Invalid]