Intended for "young readers" this book is primarily about the history of medieval manuscripts, and despite the title, has only a little information on bestiaries. There are a few bestiary illustrations from Arab manuscripts.

64 p., color and black & white illustrations, bibliography.

Language: English

ISBN: 0-374-30685-0; LCCN: 94006687; LC: ND2920.W561994; DDC: 745.6/7/090220