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Vita et Fabulae - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Compiled by Heinrich Steihöwel and originally published ca. 1477 (Ulm, Zainer). Cf. Steinhöwel's Äsop, hrsg. von H. Österley, 1873 (Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart, 117).

Contains Vita Aesopi, translated by Rinuccio; Fabulae, books 1-4 in the prose version of Romulus, books 1-3 also in the metrical version of the Anonymus Neveleti; Fabulae extravagantes; Fabulae novae, translated by Rinuccio; Fabulae, by Avianus; Fabulae collectae, by Petrus Alfonsi, Poggio, and others.

Rosenwald 83

Goff A-113

Hain 324

Hain-Copinger 325

BM 15th cent., I, p. 88 (IB.1136) (variant)

GW 348

LC copy: initials, initial strokes, and paragraph marks supplied in red. Original leather binding, stamped brass corners, center piece, and clasps.

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01/01/1481
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fables greek translations into latin incunabula strasbourg latin lessing j rosenwald collection rare book selections rare book and special collections division aesop anonymus neveleti avianus poggio bracciolini petrus alfonsi rinuccio romulus ultra high resolution high resolution