OFFICINA BODONI: AESOP.

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The Fables. First Officina Bodoni edition, number 86 of 160 copies on handmade Magnani paper. The Officina Bodoni was founded in 1922 by Hans Mardersteig and his press became the most important 20th-century private press on the Continent. This edition was published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its founding.John Barr notes that this edition was Mardersteig's "reinterpretation of a fine illustrated book printed in Verona in 1479 by Giovanni Alvise... For the Officina Bodoni edition the original woodcuts were... recut by a contemporary engraver and coloured by hand".This copy includes five leaves of prospectuses, issued by the press or The Bodley Head who were the sole agent for distribution in the UK. It is recorded that 70 copies each were reserved for The Bodley Head and the Chiswick Book Shop, Sandy Hook, Connecticut. All other copies were reserved for the Officina Bodoni.

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