{"product_id":"liber-bestiarum-limited-edition-folio-society-1701","title":"Liber Bestiarum - Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiber 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiber 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216558997843,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421214228819,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/1701.jpg?v=1792532353","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/liber-bestiarum-limited-edition-folio-society-1701","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}