The Fables...

£6,900 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

One of the most beautiful of Mardersteig's productions, (printer and typographer, head of Officina Bodoni), with charming, hand-coloured illustrations. Limited edition number 138 of 160 copies; 2 vols (255 x 170 mm); Latin verses and the Italian version by Accio Zucco, including Caxton's translation into English, woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona, all hand-coloured after a copy of the 1479 edition in the British Museum by the Atelier Daniel Jacomet of Paris, prospectus loosely inserted,; publisher's green morocco-backed vellum, with strapwork border and title in gilt, top edge gilt, other uncut, transparent wrappers, together in slip-case. some age related mottling to vellum, as usual, otherwise, near-fine.

• Binding: Hardcover

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