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AESOPUS

Fabulae elegantissimis iconibus ueras animalium species ad uiuum adumbrantes. Gabriae Graeci fabellae XXXXIIII. [...]. Haec omnia cum Latina interpretatione
Lyon
Jean (I) de Tournes
1551
€500 - €700

16mo: 375-[7] pp. 40 woodcuts in text by Bernard SALOMON. Woodcut mark on title. Printed in 2 cols, with Greek near the gutter with facing Latin translation. (somewhat short at top, dampstain in bottom corner of final ff., tear in fore-edge margin of y1). Mod. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy

Nice pocket edition of the Greek fables with Latin translation, including Aesopus, Gabrias, the Batrachomyomachia and Galeomyomachia. Ref. SvGültlingen (Tournes) 196. - Cartier 183. - Brunet I-85 - Not in Adams. Prov. A few old annotations or scribbling. Old ownership entries on title

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