Liber monstrorum de diversis generibus. Book of admirable differences, Corrado Bologna, Bompiani, 1977

Liber monstrorum de diversis generibus. Book of admirable differences, Corrado Bologna, Bompiani, 1977

Index:

The order of stupefactions. The monsters and the book. The Book of Monsters. Monsters, prodigies, marvels. The key. The nature of the monster. The monster in nature. Liber monstrorum. The wonderful differences. De beluis. The monstrous beasts. De serpentibus. The snakes. Critical signs in the Latin text. The manuscript tradition and the editions of the Liber monstrorum. Indirect testimonies and literary kinships. Constitution of the text. Information on the cited classical and medieval texts. Bibliographic notes.

Original text in Latin with translation on the front. Rare.

Illustrated paperback, pp. 221, 2, in 8, out of print.

Status: like new