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Liber Bestiarum Bodley 764

‘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 particular limited edition has been hand bound by Brian Settle of Ludlow Bookbinders in full nIgerian goatskin leather over bevelled boards, blocked with a design by David Eccles. The edition is limited to 1,980 numbered copies – and 20 lettered copies which were not for sale. This particular copy is number 87.

There are two volumes in this publication: The main volume is the facsimile of Bodley 764 which has 137 numbered pages. The companion volume contains a 49 page Commentary by Christopher de Hamel, followed by a Translation by Richard Barber, taking the total numbered pages in this volume to 174.

In the Middle Ages, men believed that studying animals allowed them to read God’s plan as written in the natural world. Nowhere was this belief more prevalent than in England, where scribes toiled to produce some of the most enchanting and beautiful books of the age. This bestiary, dating from the mid-13th century and now housed in the Bodleian Library, is one of the finest produced in England, where there was a passion for these richly ornamented depictions of the natural world. Several bestiaries have survived the centuries, some heavily ornamented in gold, some as large as church Bibles, but of them all, this exquisite manuscript is the most charming. A perfect example of medieval illumination, it is clearly the work of a master artist and scribe – though richly ornamented in worked gold, the delicacy of the painting and the affectionate intimacy of the animal scenes are never overwhelmed. Opening it now, we can sense the pleasure the artist took in this work and the delight with which the completed manuscript was first received.

One of the finest of all surviving bestiaries in this new limited edition facsimile. A treasure of the Bodleian Library, this Bestiary shows the medieval art of illumination at its best, with 135 miniatures glowing with rich, gleaming gold. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box

Features;

• Folio Society Limited Edition No. 87 of 1,980
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2008
• Goatskin Leather Hardback and Buckram Cloth Hardback, 137, 174 pp
• Superbly Illustrated in Full Colour
• Size 300 x 190mm, 4.8kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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