Vendeur : Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies, this copy No.59. 4to, pp6 of the introduction and pp292 of the fables themselves and the b/w woodcuts reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Hardcover no dust jacket. Binding of heavy raw linen with black stamped titles to brown morocco label on spine in near fine condition with a tiny bit of bobbling to the linen. Inside in excellent near fine condition. An excellent copy of this facsimile published for the Caxton quincentenary of Aesop's Fables, one of the most popular books of the early years of printing. Caxton's edition, of his own translation from the French, was the first in English. Scarce. N° de réf. du vendeur 001828
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