Physiologus Theobaldi Episcopi De Naturis Duodecim Animalium: the Latin Text; an English Translation by Willis Barnstone. with Woodcuts and Lithographs by Rudy Pozzatti

Theobaldus, Episcopus.; Willis Barnstone; Rudy Pozzatti

Indiana University Press, 1964

[Theobald's Bestiary.] Portfolio, 56 cm.  Held in publisher's cloth solander box.  Limited edition of only 325 copies, signed by the artist, Rudy Pozzati.  12 lithographs and 10 woodcut illustrations.   42 loose pages.  Fray to edge of case. "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 Goerge 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. The first twenty copies, with the lithographs printed on Inomachi Nacre parchment, are preferred, and each contains an original drawing by the artist. Twenty-five additional copies for presentation have not been numbered. All copies have been here signed by the artist. This copy is number 224.