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FAERNIUS, Gabriel (d.1561). Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1567.
16° (113 x 78mm). Title within woodcut border and 100 woodcuts by Arnold Nicolai and Gerard Janssen van Kampen, partly with their monograms, after designs by Pieter van der Borcht, woodcut tail-pieces and one initial. (Occasional light foxing and soiling, few tiny repairs, marginal stain to D3-D4.) Late 19th century light blue morocco by Roger de Coverly, gilt cornerpieces, spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenanace: S.A. Thompson Yates (booklabel). PROBABLE FIRST EDITION of Faerno's celebrated version of the Aesopian fables, the small woodcuts adapted from the engravings of Titian (though possibly a reprint from an unlocated 1566 edition). The cuts served in all succeeding editions until 1727. Funck p. 312; Landwehr Low Countries, F096.
FAERNIUS, G. Centum fabulae ex antiquis auctoribis delectae. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1573. 16° (117 x 75mm). Title within woodcut border and numerous woodcut plates. (Without final blank, L7 with two small marginal holes, some browning and tiny stains.) Red morocco with gilt device by J. Haines, red edges. A rare edition. Only two copies recorded at auction in ABPC/AE on-line (1993 and 1909), Funck p. 312
16° (113 x 78mm). Title within woodcut border and 100 woodcuts by Arnold Nicolai and Gerard Janssen van Kampen, partly with their monograms, after designs by Pieter van der Borcht, woodcut tail-pieces and one initial. (Occasional light foxing and soiling, few tiny repairs, marginal stain to D3-D4.) Late 19th century light blue morocco by Roger de Coverly, gilt cornerpieces, spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenanace: S.A. Thompson Yates (booklabel). PROBABLE FIRST EDITION of Faerno's celebrated version of the Aesopian fables, the small woodcuts adapted from the engravings of Titian (though possibly a reprint from an unlocated 1566 edition). The cuts served in all succeeding editions until 1727. Funck p. 312; Landwehr Low Countries, F096.
FAERNIUS, G. Centum fabulae ex antiquis auctoribis delectae. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1573. 16° (117 x 75mm). Title within woodcut border and numerous woodcut plates. (Without final blank, L7 with two small marginal holes, some browning and tiny stains.) Red morocco with gilt device by J. Haines, red edges. A rare edition. Only two copies recorded at auction in ABPC/AE on-line (1993 and 1909), Funck p. 312
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