Shelfmark
Fd.8.05(02)
Author
Title
Auiani Æsopicarum fabularum liber. A Theod. Pulmanno Craneburgio ex membranensis in lucem editus.
Varying form of title
Avianus Aesopicarum fabularum liber
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antuerpiæ, : Ex officina Christophori Plantini., M.D.LXXXV. [1585]
Physical description
29, [3] p. ; 13 cm. (16mo)
Note
Includes index.
Note
Printer's device on title-page; initials; marginal notes.
Note
Issued with Cl. Claudianus, Theod. Pulmanni Craneburgii diligentia, & fide summa, è vetustis codicibus restitutus, and Ad Cl. Claudiani V. C. opera Martini Antonii Del-Rio notae, catalogued as separate bibliographical items.
Citation/references note
Adams, A2318
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary Oxford stiff vellum; blind tooled triple fillet border; oval cartouche with strapwork as centrepiece; blind tooled single fillet on spine, with two panels of hatching and hatching on board edges at gutter; morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; traces of title written in ink on spine; faded sprinkling on edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fc.8.29.
Copy-specific note
Second of three items in volume.
Subject
Subject
Fables Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520 - 1589 printer.
Added entry--name
Poelmann, Theodor, 1510 - 1607? editor.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp.
Identifier
B46024