27th Feb, 2024 11:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 135
 

Aesop, The Fables..., Number 86 of 160 Copies, Officina Bodoni, 1973

Aesop

The Fables..., printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco, 2 vol. including Caxton's translation, Number 86 of 160 Copies, text in Latin, Italian and English, 66 full-page woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona (after a copy of the 1479 edition in the British Museum), coloured via pochoir by Daniel Jacomet, on Magnani paper with goose watermark, prospectus and list of woodcuts loosely inserted, publisher's green morocco-backed vellum gilt, t.e.g., some age mottling to vellum, transparent wrappers, slipcase, 255 x 170 mm, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1973 (2)

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