Bestiary, being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the Original Miniatures Reproduced in Facsimile. by Richard Barber (Translator) - 1992.

London, UK The Folio Society, 1992. Hardcover Very Near Fine in Near Fine Slipcase: a small, faint thumb-smudge at the fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, very-close-to-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single, unobtrusive flaw. Virtually 'As New'. Still has that pleasant "new book" fragrance. The Slipcase shows mild rubbing and a small, faintly discolored spot at the open end; else flawless; Attractive and intact. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.25 x 7.2 x 1 inches). 205 pages. Introduction by the Translator. Profusely illustrated throughout in color. Blue cloth covered spine stamped in gilt. Cream coloured pictorial boards, blue endpapers and illustrated title page. Language: English. Weight: 34.5 ounces. Hardback in Slipcase. Includes all the original miniatures reproduced in facsimile. the miniatures are reproduced to their original size and in their original positions on the page, so that what appears in this book was designed by a thirteenth-century scribe and his illuminator, the only change being that the text is in a modern typeface rather than a highly abbreviated formal Gothic book-hand. The original manuscript was estimated to have been produced in England between 1225 and 1250.