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Additional authors

1. Barnes, R. G. (Richard G.), 1932-
2. Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606
3. Gheeraerts, Marcus, approximately 1520-
4. Arion Press. prt
5. Schuberth Bookbindery. bnd

Description

1. 353 p. : ill., facsims.; 21 cm.

Uniform title

1. Aesop's fables. English.

Alternative title

1. Morall fabletalke.

Subject

1. Fables, English -- Translations from Latin
2. Fables, Latin -- Translations into English
3. Emblem books

Genre/Form

1. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Garamont.

Call number

1. *KP (Arion) 89-164

Note

1. 425 copies printed on mould-made Ingres paper from Garamont type. One of 400 offered for sale.
2. "The twenty-fifth book of the Arion Press"--Colophon.
3. Collection of Aesopic and other fables originally prepared for Marcus Gheeraerts and issued with his ill. in a Flemish version by E. de Dene, a French version by P. Heyns and a Latin version by A. Freitag, 1567-1579.
4. Golding's version is a translation of Freitag's Latin version, Mythologia ethica (1579), from which Gheeraerts' 125 etchings were reproduced for the present ed.
5. The ms. of the translation has title: A morall fabletalke.
6. Binding: Publisher's brown leather, gilt, by the Schuberth Bookbindery.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 351-353.

Author

1. Freitag, Arnold, approximately 1560-1614.

Title

1. A moral fable-talk : that is to say, a most delectable garden of moral philosophy, conveyed in fables, by speeches attributed to brute beasts ... / [translated by] Arthur Golding ; transcribed and edited from the autograph manuscript (c. 1586) in the Columbia University Library with an introduction, notes and glossary by Richard G. Barnes ; now first published with etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts ...

Imprint

1. San Francisco : Arion Press, 1987.

Bibliography

1. Bibliography: p. 351-353.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Barnes, R. G. (Richard G.), 1932-
2. Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.
3. Gheeraerts, Marcus, approximately 1520-
4. Arion Press. Printer
5. Schuberth Bookbindery. Binder

Added title

1. Aesop's fables. English.

ISBN

1. 0910457158

Research call number

1. *KP (Arion) 89-164