| Record ID | cp011166 |
| Voet reference number | 1163 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:3249643 |
| Author | Gabriël FAERNUS (FAERNO) |
| Title page transcription | [Within woodcut-compartment:] † CENTVM □ FABVLAE ‖ EX ‖ ANTIQVIS AV- ‖ CTORIBVS DE- ‖ LECTAE, ‖ ET ‖ A GABRIELE FAERNO ‖ CREMONENSI CARMI- ‖ NIBVS EXPLICATAE. ‖ ⊕ 19 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‡ Ex officina Christoph. ‖ Plantini. CIϽ. IϽ. LXVII. |
| Collation | 16mo (117 × 78): A-L⁸; pages 1-173, [174-176] (Errors: 86 for 98) |
| Fingerprint | 156716 - # b1 A2 ludus : # b2 L4 $sudu |
| Number of sheets | 5.50 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Privilege (Brussels, 12 November 1565; Privy Council, signed by Mesdach, and Council of Brabant, s. de Witte) 3-6: Carolo Borromaeo, S.R.E. presbytero card. ampliss. Silvius Antonianus S.D. (italic type, parts in roman type) 7-173: Text (italic type, parts in roman type) [174]: EXCVDEBAT CHRISTOPHORVS ‖ PLANTINVS ANTVERPIAE, ‖ MENSE IVNIO, AN. ‖ M.D.LXVII [175-176]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | 100 woodcuts, c. 55 × 55, executed by Arnold Nicolai and Gerard Janssen van Kampen after the designs of Pieter van der Borcht. Of the 100 blocks 64 show the monogram of Nicolai and 4 (pages 36, 37, 123, 161) the monogram of Janssen van Kampen; 32 are without a monogram (for more details see preceding no.) |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 1125- pages 161-162 missingKBR Royal Library of BelgiumCambridgeLandesbibliothek, CoburgBibliothèque nationale de France |
| Digital copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus: A 1125 |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 70 (1567, no. 13) J. Landwehr, Fable-books printed in the Low Countries, 1963, no. 157 Ch.L. Küster, Illustrierte Aesop-Ausgaben des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, II, 1970, page 264, no. 225 (mentions under no. 264 a Plantin edition of 1565 which, in fact, is the 1567-publication).Identification of the artists the colophon cited by Voet is different: 'Excvdebat Christophorvs Plantinvs Antverpiae, mense Ivnio, an. M.D.LXVII.' Landwehr, J. Emblem & fable books (3rd ed.), nr. F096 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12923938 |
| Note 1 | Hundred fables, each with an illustration. To all probability a reprint of the 1566-edition. |
| Note 2 | The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 111, gives the following details about 'fabulae faerni 2a editio': the entry is noted down on 28 June 1568. The printing of the 5½. sheets cost 11 florins Carolus guilders 4 stuivers For printing the 1,250 copies 14 reams 5 'mains' (including 9 'mains' for the 'imperfections') of 'papier grand carré' were used, which, at 1 florins Carolus guilders 12 stuivers per ream, came to 22 florins Carolus guilders 16 stuivers, bringing the overall costs to 34 florins Carolus guilders |
| Note 3 | According to the colophon the printing was finished in June 1567. |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296 and M 164 ? See preceding no. |
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