Shelfmark
Fb.9.13(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Fables]
Title
Æsopi Phrygis, et aliorum Fabulae, iconibus illustratæ, & latinius quàm anethac interpretatæ.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antverpiae : ex officina Christoph, Plantini, M. D. LXV. [1565]
Physical description
320 p. : ill. ; 16mo.
Note
Title within a Mannerist architectural border.
Note
Printer's device on t.p.; woodcut initials; woodcut illustrations.
Note
Some text in Greek.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
18th century quarter sheep binding; marbled paper covering boards; resewn and rebacked in 20th century; earlier red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters reattached; four raised bands; pastedowns of c15th century manuscript (writing and music) have also been reinserted.
Copy-specific note
Rear flyleaf bears handwriting exercises from the late 17th or early 18th centuries.
Copy-specific note
Bound with two other items.
Subject
Fables, Greek.
Added entry--name
Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520 - 1589 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp
Identifier
B27890