This 1546 Venice edition is influenced by its Italian provenance. The animals are drawn in the flowing fine lines of Italian fine cursive printing. Isaac ben Salomon Abi Sahula, Mashal ha-Kadmoni, Venice, 1546.
Illustrations differ in the various editions.
Thus, in the 1546 Venice printing, the animals are charmingly drawn in fine line illustrations. The illustrations in the Frankfurt an der Oder 1693 edition are heavier and darker, and so is the type. Book illustration has moved from the lighter, graceful Romanesque to the angular, heavier Gothic. One illustration shows a seated scholar, a book on a stand before him, discussing with a standing disputant, since the work is a dialogue. Isaac ben Salomon Abi Sahula, Mashal ha-Kadmoni, Frankfurt an der Oder, 1693.