Text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block; Illustrated by Alan James Robinson

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: Cheloniidae Press, 1982.
Illustrated by Alan James Robinson.

Folio. Full Leather. Limited Full Leather Deluxe Edition, numbered XIV of 50 of a larger limitation of 300. Signed by Robinson below the colophon. Finely bound by David Bourbeau at Thistle Bindery in full red morocco with both boards blocked in brown with a vignette designed by Robinson; calligraphy by the hand of Betse Curtis; additional suite of the 52 engravings laid in a morocco back chemise--26 include the calligraphic letters and are signed by Curtis, all engravings are signed by Robinson; a stunning production housed in morocco backed tray case as issued.

Near Fine binding
Item #250391