Shelfmark
Sa2.3.03
Author
Uniform title
[Aesop's fables. Latin 1501]
Title
Esopi appologi sive mythologicum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Basel] : [Jacobus Wolff of Pforzheim], [1501].
Physical description
[204] leaves : ill. (woodcuts, ports.) ; 30cm. (Fo.)
Note
Caption title.
Note
Repairs to some pages.
Note
Signatures: a-b8 c6-o8 (alternately) p-s6 (s6 blank) A-B8 C-D6 E8-K6 (alternately) L4 M6 (M6 blank). Lacking leaves a2, M1, M5 and M6.
Note
In 2 pts.: the 1st includes Aesop's life by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and in the metrical version of the Anonymus Neveleti, the fables of Avianus, Rinuccio, Alfonsus, Poggio, and others, with additions and commentary by Brant; the 2nd pt. is a collection of fables by Brant adapted from various authors.
Note
The woodcuts in the 1st pt. were first used in the undated ed. by Furter (ca. 1489-1500) and were reversed copies of Zainer's Ulm ed. of ca. 1476. The woodcuts in the 2nd part are sometimes attributed to the "Master of the Gruninger Office"; cf. Hodnett.Portrait of Aesop on verso of title-page, of Brant on verso of leaf A which begins 2nd pt (Manchester University Library catalogue).
Note
Imprint from colophon.
Note
Previously: GUT.B.1.6 and By.3.7.
Citation/references note
RLIN NYPR96-B4785
Provenance
Circular armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on flyleaf recording donation by John Wilder.
Binding
Ms. on flyleaf recording rebinding by Douglas Cockerell, with stamp dated 1905. Blue morocco binding; five raised bands; spine title: "Esopus".
Subject
Fables Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Brant, Sebastian, 1458 - 1521 editor.
Added entry--name
Rinuccio, b. ca. 1395 - ? d'Arezzo, associated name.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Petrus Alfonsi, 1062 - 1110? associated name.
Added entry--name
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380 - 1459 associated name.
Added entry--name
Avianus associated name.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Wilder, John, 1801 - 1892 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basle.
Identifier
B25811