| Record ID | cp013237 |
| Voet reference number | 13 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | AESOPUS |
| Title page transcription | FABELLÆ ‖ ALIQVOT ‖ ÆSOPICÆ, ‖ IN VSVM PVERORVM SELECTÆ. ‖ ⊕ 12 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ M.D.LXVI. ‖ Cum Priuilegio. |
| Collation | 16mo (112 × 70): pages 1-66, [67-72] |
| Fingerprint | 156616 - # b1 A2 lp : # b2 E $ |
| Number of sheets | 2.25 |
| Pages | |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts: 37 illustrations, c. 55 × 55, executed by Arnold Nicolai and Gerard Janssen van Kampen after the designs of Pieter van der Borcht |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus - Arch. 1228, folio 90 recto: only title-pagePhilipps Universität Library - Marburg (Germany, BRD) - IV C. 151Bibliothèque nationale de France - Z. 174 12 |
| Bibliographical references | Landwehr, Fable-Books printed in the Low Countries, 1963, no. 50 Chr. L. Küster, Illustrierte Aesop-Ausgaben des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, II, 1970, pages 246-247, no. 187 Not in Ruelens-de BackerClaude Sorgeloos, ‘La bibliothèque du Cultura Fonds: acquisitions 1991–1999’ in Le livre & l’estampe, 46 (2000), nr. 5 Landwehr, J. Emblem & fable books (3rd ed.), nr. F006 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12923940 |
| Note 1 | The illustrations are a selection from the 100 woodcuts used by Plantin in his edition of Faernus, Centum Fabulae, 1566 (cf. nos. 1162-1163). |
| Note 2 | The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 103 verso, gives following details about the 'Fabellae aliquot Aesopicae in gratiam puerorum': 1,250 copies were printed; the wages for composing and printing amount to 5 florins Carolus guilders; 4 reams 10 'mains' of 'papier g[rand?] carré', were used, at 1 florins Carolus guilders 12 stuivers per ream, worth 7 florins Carolus guilders 4 stuivers Total costs: 12 florins Carolus guilders 4 stuivers This made the cost-price per copy 'moins de ¼ stuivers'. The dates of printing are not given, but it is specified 'mis à compte [noted down in the accounts] le 9 Septembre [1566]'. |
| Note 3 | Probably to be identified with the not-dated edition listed in M 296, folio 6 verso (Fabellae Aesopicȩ selectȩ cum fig[uris] 16⁰, [feuilles] 2¼, [price:] stuivers ½), andM 164, folio 13 verso. The note can eventually refer to a similar edition of selected fables by Aesop for use in the schools, published by Plantin in 1586 (see cp011884); this edition, however, contains not 2¼ (or 2½) but 3 sheets. |
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