The Fables of Aesop. Printed from the Veronese edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin verses and the Italian version

by Accio Zucco by Aesop

$15,000 · Offered by The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973. Three volumes. 6 1/2 x 10. 280; 122 pages; 68 woodcuts in b w. The Latin text is illustrated with 68 woodcuts stencil-colored by Daniel Jacomet, Paris, after a copy in the British Library. Laid in slip lists the woodcuts. Green morocco spines, vellum sides gilt with a Renaissance-stye border. Fine special set in lightly worn slipcase. With prospectuses. Item #15004 No. 4 of 30 special

• Binding: Leather

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