Physiologus Theobaldi Episcopi De Naturis Duodecim Animalium ( Bishop Theobald's Bestiary of Twelve Animals )

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1964. The Latin Text. With an English translation by Willis Barnstone and twelve lithographs and ten woodcuts by Rudy Pozzatti. 42pp. Contents Fine in Near Fine clamshell grey linen case, with woodcut printed paper label, ribbon marker, small chips to bottom corner of case, faint bleed to ink at label. Number 272 of 325 copies. The lithographs were pulled at Il Torcoliere in Rome and printed on Cartiere Enrico Magnani Pescia. Book designed by George Sadek. Text handset in Emerson type and printed with the woodcuts from the original blocks on Rives paper by Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press, New York. A quite well-preserved copy of this gorgeous Pozzatti limited edition, complete with all 12 of the original lithographs. . SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Rudy Pozzatti. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Limited Edition. (Inventory #: 006347)