An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold was published by Horse & Buggy Press in 1999, in an edition of just 1000 copies. The book primarily consists of Jeffery Beam’s poems (reworkings of bestiaries found in The Elizabethan Zoo) and Ippy Patterson’s illustrations. You can read a lot about it on Jeffery’s site. I have featured here ten of the thirty beasts. (Many thanks to the authors for sharing their work here.)
Though the book has been out-of-print for a few years, Jeffery and Ippy hope to eventually find a publisher who will reprint it for a more general market.
Ippy is working on “The BoogeyMan,” a scary adult/children’s book which I hope to feature soon (she sent me a few stunning pages). Jeffery might work on a children’s book with Penny Davenport (!).
The Elephant
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Gorgon
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Whale
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Camel
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Boa
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Vulgar Bugill
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Manticore
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Hydra
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Su
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
The Cockatrice
from An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold by Jeffery Beam, illustrations by Ippy Patterson
