Published by Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1998
ISBN 10: 0750918535 ISBN 13: 9780750918534
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1998. xiv, 242pp. B&W and colour illustrations. "Challenging the prevailing view that they are keys to the iconography of contemporary sculpture or early attempts at zoology, art historian Baxter takes a completely fresh approach to the collections of illustrations depicting and texts describing real and mythical animals and plants." Sunning to spine of jacket. Both book and unclipped dust jacket are otherwise in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions.
Published by Stroud London : Sutton Pub. ; Courtauld Institute, 1998
ISBN 10: 0750918535 ISBN 13: 9780750918534
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Bookplate of W N Paul. Physical description; xiv, 242 pp., illustrations (some color), maps, 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index. Contents; Ch. 1. The Story of a Discourse -- Ch. 2. Narrative in the Physiologus -- Ch. 3. The Latin Bestiary in England -- Ch. 4. Patterns of Consumption -- Ch. 5. Consumption and Narration -- Ch. 6. A Return to the Discourse -- App. 1. Adam's gifts to St. Augustine's, Canterbury -- App. 2. Bestiary entries in medieval book lists -- App. 3. Survival rates of Bestiaries -- App. 4. The timescale of Bestiary production. Subjects; Physiologus. Medieval. Bestiaries History and criticism. Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) History and criticism. Animals, Mythical, in literature. Monastic libraries England History To 1500. Transmission of texts. 1 Kg.
Published by Stroud London : Sutton Pub. ; Courtauld Institute, 1998
ISBN 10: 0750918535 ISBN 13: 9780750918534
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Bookplate of W N Paul. Physical description; xiv, 242 pp., illustrations (some color), maps, 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index. Contents; Ch. 1. The Story of a Discourse -- Ch. 2. Narrative in the Physiologus -- Ch. 3. The Latin Bestiary in England -- Ch. 4. Patterns of Consumption -- Ch. 5. Consumption and Narration -- Ch. 6. A Return to the Discourse -- App. 1. Adam's gifts to St. Augustine's, Canterbury -- App. 2. Bestiary entries in medieval book lists -- App. 3. Survival rates of Bestiaries -- App. 4. The timescale of Bestiary production. Subjects; Physiologus. Medieval. Bestiaries History and criticism. Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) History and criticism. Animals, Mythical, in literature. Monastic libraries England History To 1500. Transmission of texts. 1 Kg.