The first edition sold out quickly but is now rare and expensive,
so we're bringing it back in a smaller edition at half the
price
Pre-pub promotional materials, including print BLADs, EBLADs, and
PDFs of the full interior
Coverage in national print and online publications
Social media advertising campaign on-publication
Christian Heck, a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France and former curator-in-chief of the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, is an authority on illuminated manuscripts.
Featured in Atlas Obscura
"This is a huge and beautiful book that feels almost like a trip to
the Cloisters between two covers."
-New York Daily News
"Rarely have earnest scholarship and sheer wonder come together as
comfortably as they have here. And as magical as the original
artworks surely are, this unique volume is literally better than
the real thing, since it allows us to ogle them closely."
-Fine Art Connoisseur
"Every year I try to reserve the adjective "stunning" for one book.
This is it."
-The Seattle Times holiday gift guide
"Heck and Cordonnier's creation allows modern readers to understand
a little of the preciousness of a medieval book. ... The Grand
Medieval Bestiary feels magical, valuable, and important."
-New York Journal of Books
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