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OFFICINA BODONI AESOP. The Fables... Printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco, 2 vol. (including Caxton's translation), NUMBER 44 OF 160 COPIES, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1973 image 1
OFFICINA BODONI AESOP. The Fables... Printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco, 2 vol. (including Caxton's translation), NUMBER 44 OF 160 COPIES, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1973 image 2
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AESOP. The Fables... Printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco, 2 vol. (including Caxton's translation), NUMBER 44 OF 160 COPIES, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1973

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OFFICINA BODONI - AESOP

AESOP. The Fables... Printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco, 2 vol. (including Caxton's translation), NUMBER 44 OF 160 COPIES, text in Latin, Italian and English, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona (after a copy of the 1479 edition in the British Museum), original prospectus loosely inserted, publisher's morocco-backed vellum gilt, t.e.g., slipcase, 8vo, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1973

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