Lot no. 227
[MARDERSTEIG] AESOP (620-564 B.C.). Aesop's Fables. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973.
Excellent copy of this elegant edition printed by Giovanni Mardersteig, reproducing the original woodcuts by Liberale da Verona.
4to (245 x 160mm). Copy no. 110 of 160, printed on Magnani paper and illustrated with 68 woodcuts replicating those created by Liberale da Verona for the 1479 Verona-printed edition of Aesop, hand-coloured by the Parisian atelier of Daniel Jacomet. Publisher's red morocco-backed boards, title gilt to decorative vellum boards, preserved in the original slipcase. (1)
See original version (Italian) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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