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Aesopi Phrygis et aliorum fabulae, elegantissimis iconibus illustratae, 1567

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Record ID cp010514
Voet reference number14
Museum Plantin-Moretus c:lvd:15488599
Author AESOPUS
Title page transcriptionAESOPI ‖ PHRYGIS ‖ ET ALIORVM ‖ FABVLAE; ‖ Elegantissimis Iconibus illustratæ, & dili- ‖ gentius quàm antehac emendatæ. ‖ ⊕ 16 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ CIƆ. IƆ. LVII.
Collation16mo (97 × 55): A-S⁸; pages 1-286 (Errors: 193 for 139)
Fingerprint156716 - # b1 A2 $vid : # b2 S5 $fer
Number of sheets9
Pages[1]: Title [2]: Fabularum quae hoc in libro continentur interpretes atque auctores (italic type) 3-53: Aesopi fabulatoris vita, a Maximo Planude composita, e Graeco Latina facta 54-286: Text
Edition information
IllustrationsWoodcuts: 73 illustrations, c. 35 × c. 49 mm
CopiesMuseum Plantin-Moretus - Arch. 1228, folio 90 recto: only title-page - 8 901 (1)Austrian National Library - 39 Mm 1
Bibliographical referencesC.L. Küster, Illustrierte Aesop-Ausgaben des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, II, 1970, pages 243-244, no. 179 Not in Ruelens-de Backer and Landwehr
Online bibliographical references
Note 1Partial reprint of the 1560-edition (see cp012638). Have been retained: nos. 1 (pages 54-57), 2 (pages 58-82), 3 (pages 83-120), 4 (pages 120-167), 5 (pages 168-189), 6 (pages 189-191), 7 (pages 191-209), 8 (pages 210-271), 9 (pages 272-277), 10 (pages 277-286). Have been omitted the two last parts (cp012638 and cp011973).
Note 2Illustrated with 73 woodcuts (from page 59 till page 262), which had already been used in the 1565-edition (see cp011973).
Note 3The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 103 verso, gives following details about 'Fabulae Aesopi a Laurentio Valla etc': 1,250 copies were printed; the wages for composing and printing quires A-S were paid from 8 September till 25 October 1566 and amount to 19 florins Carolus guilders; another 1 florins Carolus guilders was paid for 'L'exemplaire et les formats'; 23 reams 10 'mains' of 'papier petit carré' were used (including 1 ream 'pour les imperfections'), which, at 1 florins Carolus guilders 8 stuivers per ream, came to 32 florins Carolus guilders 18 stuivers, bringing the overall costs to 52 florins Carolus guilders 18 stuivers
Note 4Listed in M 296, folio 6 verso (Fabulae Aesopi 16⁰ 2a edit[io] emendata, f[euilles] 9, [price:] stuivers 2), and M 164, folio 13 verso.
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