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This being the true first edition published in 2 volumes by Italian art publisher Franco Maria Ricci. The Codex is written in an imaginary language and illustrated phantasmagorically throughout. Possibly an illustrated encyclopaedia of an alternate universe, Serafini has alluded that it is perhaps all just the thoughts of a cat passed through his hand. The first edition of the ever mysterious Codex Seraphinianus by Italian artist Luigi Serafini (1949-). Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated onlay, 2 clamshell folders, original shipping cartons.