Shelfmark
Fb.5.11
Author
Uniform title
[Aesop's fables. Italian 1607]
Title
Le quattrocento fauole di esopo frigio, prudente, arguto, & faceto Fauolatore. Alleqvali di nvovo son'Aggivnte molte altre d'alcuni belli ingegni. Hora in gratia della studiosa gioventù abbellite, & illustrate con figure belle, & grandi, tratte dal naturale.
Varying form of title
Fauol di Æsopo
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Venetia : Appresso Alessandro de'Vecchi, M.DC.VII [1607].
Physical description
253, [1]p ; 18cm. (8vo.)
Note
With full page woodcuts.
Note
Woodcut printer's device on final page.
Note
Previously: Fl.8.6.
Note
Colophon: "In Venetia, presso Lesandro de Vecci M. D.CVII".
Provenance
Book-label of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
On title-page, ex-libris of John Burges, Balliol College, Oct 1718.
Binding
17th century brown calf; double blind fillet to form a border; four raised bands; gold-tooled spine; red spine label; spine title: "Fauol di Æsopo".
Subject
Fables Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Landi, Giulio, 1500 - 1579 conte, translator.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burges, John, fl. 1715 - fl. 1715 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B24692