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Aesopus Moralisatus
Esopo Historiado (Aesop Illustrated)
Aesopus Moralisatus
Author: Aesop
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Manfredus de Bonellis de Monteferrato (Italian, active 1491–1500)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Manfredus de Bonellis de Monteferrato (Italian, active 1491–1500)
1497
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 65 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 19.3 x 14.8 x 3.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 13/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Special Print Fund and Harvey D. Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession Number54.1788
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27 June 1497
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff A-154; Essling 363; Sander 69; BMC V 505; GW 437
Description(Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27 June 1497) Quarto; 72 leaves; contemporary Venetian blind-stamped calf binding, brass corners and bosses; tan varnished board slipcase.
Selected illustrations: Scholar and students (title, fol. a1r); rat and frog (a4v/4v); marriage (?-fol. a8v/8v); peacock (c5v/37v); animals (f7r/47r)
Selected illustrations: Scholar and students (title, fol. a1r); rat and frog (a4v/4v); marriage (?-fol. a8v/8v); peacock (c5v/37v); animals (f7r/47r)
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA December 9, 1954.