Dettagli del libro
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
60
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
Jan 1, 1971
Editore
Godine Boston
Descrizione
About the Printing & Binding: "This first edition of A MEDIEVAL BESTIARY was designed & printed in Monotype Bulmer at the Press of David Godine. One thousand deluxe copies were printed on a specially made Monadnock wove paper. Copies numbered 1-900 were bound in cloth cover boards and enclosed in a slipcase. Copies numbered I-C were bound by hand in quarter leather and signed by the artist. Two thousand trade copies were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. The illustrations were printed directly from the blocks engraved by Gillian Tyler."
From the Foreward: "The roots of the BESTIARY go back to Alexandria in the second century of the Christian era. It was most likely there that, out of an amazing diversity of sources, Egyptian, Jewish, Greek and probably even Indian, the first bestiary was composed, although all that has survived is a Greek translation made shortly thereafter..."
"A whole web of Christian moralizing and allegory quickly became intertwined with the BESTIARY'S accounts of the far-flung animal kingdom and natural phenomena..."
"The Middle English version here translated has the most interest for the English-speaking reader of today interested in exploring the traditions and monuments of his literature."
From the Foreward: "The roots of the BESTIARY go back to Alexandria in the second century of the Christian era. It was most likely there that, out of an amazing diversity of sources, Egyptian, Jewish, Greek and probably even Indian, the first bestiary was composed, although all that has survived is a Greek translation made shortly thereafter..."
"A whole web of Christian moralizing and allegory quickly became intertwined with the BESTIARY'S accounts of the far-flung animal kingdom and natural phenomena..."
"The Middle English version here translated has the most interest for the English-speaking reader of today interested in exploring the traditions and monuments of his literature."