Bestiaries Users Middle Ages by Baxter Ron, First Edition (4 results)

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG First Edition, first printing in a VG unclipped DJ, inscribed and signed by the author to the fep.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.". Inscribed by Author(s).

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.

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.