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The Medici Aesop
(Harry N. Abrams, 1488)
What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted manuscript was done from a printed book, Bono Accurzio's 1480 version ...
Mortar and pestle formed from a red rock (unidentified) by the Anasazi American Indians
(1400)
Mortar and pestle formed from a red rock (unidentified) by the Anasazi American Indians circa 1400. 4" height and 8 5/8" diameter on mortar and 6 3/4" length on pestle.
Aesopus: Vita et Fabulae Ulm 1476 (Faksimile)
(Edition Libri Illustri Verlag, 1476)
I never thought we would have a copy of this wonderful book in the collection. From the time I first saw subscriptions being invited, I feared it would always be beyond our means. Prayers do get answered! This is a ...
The History and Fables of Aesop
(Scolar Press, 1484)
A wonderfully reproduced book. The text can use the help of Jacobs' later reprinting. The 186 woodcuts (many for the life of Esope ) have their own charm but are distinctly inferior to the Ulm woodcuts from which they ...
Aesop's Fables in William Caxton's Original Illustrated Edition
(Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1484)
This book of 37 fables has two very positive features: the coloring of Caxton's (primitive) woodcuts and the faithful rendition of his text with modern spelling and orthography. Different: the ox also steps on the expanding ...
Fábulas de Esopo Reproducción en facsímile de la primera edición de 1489
(Real Academia EspanolaTipografia de archivos, 1489)
Palau calls this tall paperbound folio a magnífica reproducción facsímile (81959). The editors seem not to know of the Toulouse edition of 1488; see my Esopete Ystoriado (Toulouse 1488), published in 1990. Nor do they ...
The Medici Aesop
(Harry N. Abrams, 1488)
Here is the second of three extra copies of this gorgeous book. What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted ...
The Medici Aesop
(Harry N. Abrams, 1488)
Here is the third of three extra copies of this gorgeous book. What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted ...
The Medici Aesop
(Harry N. Abrams, 1488)
Here is the first of three extra copies of this gorgeous book. What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted ...
Aesop's Fables Coloring Book
(Dover, 1476)
Here is the fourth generation of Dover's lovely coloring book. The price has gone up from $1.50 to $2.50 to $2.75 to 2.95. As I mentioned about the original publication, the book is valuable because of the nicely enlarged ...