I was hoping someone out there would have a bit of information on a book I’ve been looking for over the last 20-25 years. The book was a hardcover, horizontal/landscape style. It was highly stylized, with what I could only describe as flat/paper like art. The book had little story to speak of, with the appeal being the detailed art. I believe the book had some fold outs as well.
The little text it had was descriptions of the dragons (if there even was that). It may have served as an encyclopedia of different dragons (Ice Dragon, Mountain Dragon, Forest Dragon, etc).
The dragons were mostly Asian-like in nature but there may have been some Western ones tacked on as well.
I think it was printed in the late 80s or early 90s, but it may just have been when the book was available to me. I can’t see it being from before the 1970s, it’s just too stylized. It’s possible, but I don’t think it was.
This is a tricky one. The first books that came to mind were Dragonology and Dracopedia, but neither seems to be old enough to be what you’re after.
Thank you, those are good guesses, but this was more artsy than informational. I don’t remember if there was no text or minimal, but if there was it would have been supplemental.
The discovery of dragons by graeme base comes to mind.
It’s almost certainly Michael Hague’s “The Book of Dragons”.