Liber Bestiarum Myths Folio Society 2008 1st ed. Limited 2v Leather Eccles - VGC

Liber Bestiarum Myths Folio Society 2008 1st ed. Limited 2v Leather Eccles - VGC

£625.99
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Liber Bestiarum Myths Folio Society 2008 1st ed. Limited 2v Leather Eccles - VGC
Folio Society
Myths

Liber Bestiarum

£625.99
Edition year 2008
Printing year 2008
First edition Yes
Binding Leather
Illustrator David Eccles
Volumes 2
Limited edition Yes
Weight 5 Kg
Pages Main volume: 284; commentary: 174
Dimensions V1: 30.4 × 19.8 cm; V2: 30.1 × 19.3 cm
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. No.1061, a few unnoticeable dents to the slipcase, very small scratch to bottom page edges.

Edition details

Liber Bestiarum, Bodley 764. (2v.) FACSIMILE of c.1250 volume. Bound in red Nigerian goatskin blocked in four colours with a design by David Eccles, 4 raised bands. All page edges gilded. Ribbon marker. 284pp. COMMENTARY VOLUME by Christopher de Hamel. Translation by Richard Barber. Bound in blue cloth blocked with a gilt design. 174pp. Dark blue buckram solander box with red leather spine label. 33x22x8.8cm. 1980 copies. (£495)

About the book

Liber Bestiarum draws on the medieval bestiary tradition, in which descriptions of real and fabulous animals are combined with Christian moral and religious interpretation. Lions, elephants, birds, serpents and fantastic creatures become symbols through which medieval writers explored virtue, vice, scripture and the natural world. Bestiaries were among the most richly illustrated and widely read books of the Middle Ages.

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