(Officina Bodoni) The Fables of Aesop: Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and Italian Version by Accio Zucco, with the Woodcuts Newly Engraved and Coloured after a Copy in the British Museum. Author: Aesop Place Published: Verona Publisher: Officina Bodoni Date Published: 1973 Description: 2 volumes. Epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig The first volume with 66 hand-colored woodcuts. 24.7x16 cm (9¾x6¼"), green morocco-backed vellum stamped in gilt with title and geometric borders, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, acetate jackets, slipcase. No. 49 of 160 copies printed on handmade Magnani paper. Important edition of Æsop's Fables, both historically and typographically, presenting the early Latin-Italian text of 1479 along with the English version of Caxton. The woodblocks for the illustrations were recut by Anna Bramanti, and the coloring was carried out in Paris by the Ateliler Daniel Jacomet. The first thirty copies of the edition were in three volumes, the third volume containing the woodcuts in black and white, and were printed "especially for scholarly purposes." With list of woodcuts laid in. Condition: Only hints of wear to slipcase, else fine. Item#: 355641 Headline: Officina Bodoni Aesop's Fables, 1973
(Officina Bodoni) The Fables of Aesop: Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and Italian Version by Accio Zucco, with the Woodcuts Newly Engraved and Coloured after a Copy in the British Museum. Author: Aesop Place Published: Verona Publisher: Officina Bodoni Date Published: 1973 Description: 2 volumes. Epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig The first volume with 66 hand-colored woodcuts. 24.7x16 cm (9¾x6¼"), green morocco-backed vellum stamped in gilt with title and geometric borders, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, acetate jackets, slipcase. No. 49 of 160 copies printed on handmade Magnani paper. Important edition of Æsop's Fables, both historically and typographically, presenting the early Latin-Italian text of 1479 along with the English version of Caxton. The woodblocks for the illustrations were recut by Anna Bramanti, and the coloring was carried out in Paris by the Ateliler Daniel Jacomet. The first thirty copies of the edition were in three volumes, the third volume containing the woodcuts in black and white, and were printed "especially for scholarly purposes." With list of woodcuts laid in. Condition: Only hints of wear to slipcase, else fine. Item#: 355641 Headline: Officina Bodoni Aesop's Fables, 1973
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