▁animals ▁pur port ed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁seen ▁on ▁the ▁journey , ▁including ▁a ▁cro cod ile , ▁cam el , ▁and ▁un ic orn , ▁were ▁also ▁included . ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁col oph on ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁a ▁l ively ▁coat - of - ar ms ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Main z , ▁which ▁includes ▁the ▁first ▁cross - h atch ing ▁in ▁wood cut . ▁ ▁Best s eller ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁a ▁best s eller , ▁repr int ed ▁th ir teen ▁times ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁dec ades , ▁including ▁print ings ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁Spain , ▁for ▁which ▁the ▁illustr ation ▁blocks ▁were ▁sh ipped ▁out ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁printer s . ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁in ▁German ▁was ▁published ▁within ▁a ▁year ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁one , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁translated ▁into ▁French , ▁Dutch ▁and ▁Spanish ▁before ▁ 1 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁Add itional ▁text - only ▁ed itions ▁and ▁various ▁ab rid ged ▁ed itions ▁were ▁also ▁published . ▁ ▁The ▁illustr ations ▁were ▁later ▁adapted ▁by ▁Michael ▁Wol gem ut ▁for ▁the ▁N ure m berg ▁Chron icle ▁of ▁ 1 4 9 3 , ▁and ▁much ▁copied ▁by ▁various ▁other ▁publish ers . ▁ ▁The ▁Master ▁of ▁the ▁House book ? ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁suggested ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁that ▁Re uw ich ▁should ▁be ▁identified ▁as ▁the ▁Master ▁of ▁the ▁House book , ▁a ▁painter ▁and ▁eng ra ver ▁in ▁dry point , ▁the ▁first