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

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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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france
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