Physiologus Theobaldi Episcopi De Naturis Duodecim Animalium (Indiana University Press, 1964)

An elephant folio (the size is 510 x 350 mm (20 x 13 3/4") in loose sheets, held in publisher's cloth solander box. This book contains twelve lithographs and ten woodcuts by Rudy Pozzatti. The lithographs, pulled at Il Torcoliere in Rome, are printed on Cartiere Enrico Magnani Pescia. The book was designed by George Sadek. The text was hand set in Emerson type and has been printed with the woodcuts from the original blocks on Rives paper in an edition of three hundred twenty-five numbered copies by Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press, New York. All copies have been signed by the artist. The book is based on a popular bestiary text attributed to Bishop Theobald of Monte Cassino (who lived in 11th century), reproduced many times in manuscript form and first printed in 1492. The English translation is by a well known scholar Willis Barnstone. The original in Latin is also reproduced here.

A very interesting and different publication.

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Very much up my alley but the elephant folio size is a bit daunting.