Live auction - Lot 1016
Aesopi Phrigis et aliorum fabulae [...]. Elegantissimis iconibus in gratiam [...]. Pluribusque auctae, & diligentius quam ante emendatae.
Venice, Prodoctos, 1686
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
12mo: 286-[11 (of 13)] pp. (last bl. missing, tear without loss in p. 45, occ. soiling, somewhat cut short shaving occ. running titles).
Contemp. limp vellum, ink-titled flat spine.
Very rare Aesopus edition, containing also some other fabels i.a. by A. Polziano, P. R. Crinoto and A. Van Baerland. Illustrated with 95 oval woodcuts in-text, incl. Aesopus' portrait on title.
Prov. Contemp. ms. entries. - Monogrammed bookpl.
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