Codex Seraphinianus

The Codex Seraphinianus, originally published in 1981, is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini between 1976 and 1978. It is approximately 360 pages (depending on edition) and written in an imaginary language.

To the obvious question of whether he has resorted to drugs for his creation, he states that, although he has tried melascine, they do not help the creative process because it requires a notion of criticism that is absent in a state of intoxication.