Catalogue 32 - Marilyn Braiterman

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1. AESOP. FABLES, WITH LIFE OF
THE AUTHOR.
London: John Stockdale, 1793. Two
volumes. Tall 8vo, full crushed green
morocco, triple gilt-ruled covers; spines
elaborately gilt with gilt bird device and
lettering within five raised bands; top edge
gilt. Handsome binding in fine condition
by Bedford on Stockdale’s beautifully
printed edition of Aesop’s fables in the
version of Samuel Croxall. Large paper
copy, about ten inches tall; titles slightly
cut down. With 112 engraved plates,
including vignette titles, by Grainger,
Bromley, Martin, et al. The illustrations
are after those of Francis Barlow in the
1666 edition. $2500
THE OFFICINA BODONI AESOP
2. AESOP. THE FABLES OF AESOP. PRINTED FROM THE
VERONESE EDITION OF MCCCCLXXIX IN LATIN VERSES
AND ITALIAN VERSION BY ACCIO ZUCCO, WITH THE
WOODCUTS NEWLY ENGRAVED AND COLOURED AFTER
A COPY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. WITH: THE FIRST
THREE BOOKS OF CAXTON’S AESOP, CONTAINING THE
FABLES ILLUSTRATED IN THE VERONA AESOPUS.
Verona: Editiones
Officinae Bodoni, 1973.
Two volumes. Large
8vo, quarter green oasis
morocco and vellum
sides with gilt lettering
and geometric decorative
border. Vellum with some
natural discoloration
else fine in original
plain slipcase, split
at top. Prospectus/
announcement and
specimen with color
illustration laid in. One
of 160 copies printed
on handmade Magnani
paper.
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An exquisite presentation of one of the most beautiful illustrated
books of the fifteenth century, printed by Giovanni Alvise of
Verona between 1478 and 1480. Alvise was also the inventor of the
first typographic ornaments, and the woodcuts, attributed to the
outstanding miniaturist of contemporary Verona, are surrounded by
borders of printer’s flowers.
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The first volume has 66 hand-colored woodcuts recut by Anna
Bramanti with the coloring carried out in Paris by Atelier Daniel
Jacomet. The second volume has sixty fables in Caxton’s translation,
followed by six missing in Caxton and translated here from the Latin.
Mardersteig, 182. Barr, 91. Grolier Club, A Century for the Century,
78. $5000
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