ROBINSON, Alan James (artist), and Laurie BLOCK.
An Odd Bestiary, or, a Compendium of instructive and entertaining Descriptions of Animals, culled from five Centuries of Travelers’ Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors famous and obscure, arranged as an Abecedary.
[Easthampton (MA),] Cheloniidae Press, 1982.
Folio, ff. [78], [2 (blank)]; printed in red and black throughout, with 52 large woodcut illustrations, embossed Cheloniidae device to title, limitation, and final blank; an excellent copy in red morocco-backed boards by Gray Parrot, beige sides, spine lettered in gilt, edges trimmed retaining deckle-edges.
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An Odd Bestiary, or, a Compendium of instructive and entertaining Descriptions of Animals, culled from five Centuries of Travelers’ Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors famous and obscure, arranged as an Abecedary.
First edition, numbered 69 of 200 copies from a limited edition of 300 and signed by the artist.
This attractive work presents an alphabetical selection of twenty-six animals – extant, extinct, and mythic – pairing sensitive and at times striking woodcuts by Robinson with ancient and modern texts selected by the poet Laurie Block, from Heliodorus and Pliny to Darwin and Melville via Mandeville and Marco Polo.
