THE FABLES OF AESOP.
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973.
No. 85 of 130 sets. Two volumes. Quarto. 288p, colophon: 120p, colophon. Vol. 1 text in Latin and Italian with an Epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig in English; Vol. 2 in Caxton's English. Vol.1 is illustrated with 68 hand-colored woodcuts attributed to Liberale da Verona recut by Anna Bramanti and colored by the Atelier Daniel Jacomet. All printed on handmade Magnani paper. Bound in gilt-titled quarter green morocco, the covers in white vellum with borders of interlacing fillets and central title, t.e.g.
Housed in supplied felt-lined slipcase with gilt-titled morocco spine. Fine. Bookplate. Item #24253
Vol. 1: THE FABLES OF AESOP. Printed from the Vernoese edition of 1479 in Latin and the Italian version by Accio Zucco, with the woodcuts newly engraved and coloured after a copy in the British Museum.
Vol. 2: THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF CAXTON'S AESOP, containing the fables illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of mcccclxxix.
Schmoller No. 182.
Price: $6,500.00