Libellus de Natura Animalium

Created for Juan de Austria, the victor of the naval battle of Lepanto: the only surviving medieval bestiary written in Spanish, furnished with 370 peculiar miniatures of gruesome sea monsters and other animals

An encyclopedia of nature for the King of Spain: the extraordinary textbook and reference work for Philip II with no less than 218 naturalistic representations of plants and animals

More than eagles, ducks and bats: Conrad Gessner's multi-volume magnum opus on the entire known fauna of the Renaissance, here the birds and flying animals illustrated with over 200 impressive woodcuts

Legendary mythical creatures together with precise observation of nature: Conrad Gessner's multi-volume magnum opus on the entire known fauna of the Renaissance, here the quadrupeds illustrated with over 145 fascinating woodcuts

From India to the island realms of the Far East, unfolded in 197 miniatures: Marco Polo’s description of the world as a magnificent late-medieval panorama of distant peoples, marvels, and lands