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Centum fabulae ex antiquis auctoribus delectae et…carminibus explicatae, 1573

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Record ID cp012812
Voet reference number1164
Museum Plantin-Moretus
Author Gabriël FAERNUS (FAERNO)
Title page transcription[Within woodcut-compartment:] † CENTVM □ FABVLÆ ‖ EX ‖ ANTIQVIS AV- ‖ CTORIBVS DE- ‖ LECTAE, ‖ ET ‖ A GABRIELE FAERNO ‖ CREMONENSI CARMI- ‖ NIBVS EXPLICATAE. ‖ ⊕ 19 ‖ ANTVERPIAE. ‡ Ex officina Christoph. ‖ Plantini, M.D.LXXIII.
Collation16mo (114 × 70): A-L⁸; pages 1-173, [174-176] (Errors: 178 for 108, 11? for 119, 1 for 129, 361 for 163, 391 for 166)
Fingerprint157316 - # b1 A2 uißim : # b2 L4 $sudu
Number of sheets5.50
Pages[1]: Title [2]: Privilege ([Brussels], Privy Council, signed by Mesdach, and Council of Brabant, s. I. de Witte) 3-6: Carolo Borromaeo, S.R.E. presbytero card. ampliss. Silvius Antonianus S.D. (italic type, part in roman type) 7-173: Text (italic type, parts in roman type) [174]: EXCVDEBAT CHRISTOPHORVS ‖ PLANTINVS ANTVERPIAE, ‖ MENSE IVLIO, ANNO ‖ M.D.LXXIII [175-176]: Blank
Edition information
Illustrations100 woodcuts, c. 55 × 55 (see preceding no.)
CopiesMuseum Plantin-Moretus- A 193: pages 161-162 missingBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaPhilipps Universität Library - Marburg (Germany, BRD)Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliographical referencesJ. Landwehr, Fable-books printed in the Low Countries, 1963, no. 158 Chr. L. Küster, Illustrierte Aesop-Ausgaben des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, II, 1970, pages 264-265, no. 226 Not in Ruelens-de Backer (in the description of Faernus, 1567, page 70, Ruelens-de Backer notes 'voyez années…1573…', but by inadvertence, under 1573, the description must have been omitted).Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 5405 for the identification of the artists, see nr. 1163 Landwehr, J. Emblem & fable books (3rd ed.), nr. F097
Online bibliographical referencesSTCV c:stcv:12923936USTC 411844
Note 1Reprint of the 1566- and 1567-editions.
Note 2Listed in M 296 and M 164 ? See no. cp013114.
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