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Title

  • Vita et Aesopus moralisatus.

Summary

  • The 1485 Naples edition of the life and fables of Aesop is and always has been among the most desirable of all illustrated books. In a sense it is the first great press book.

Names

  • Aesop.
  • Anonymus Neveleti.
  • Del Tuppo, Francesco, 1443 or 1444-1501, editor, translator.
  • Rinuccio, d'Arezzo, approximately 1395-
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Naples : [Germani fidelissimi for] Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb. 1485.

Headings

  • -  Fables, Greek--Translations into Italian
  • -  Fables, Greek--Translations into Latin
  • -  Italy--Naples

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Naples--1485

Notes

  • -  Aesop's Life in the Latin translation of Rinuccio; the Fables in the Latin metrical version of Anonymus Neveleti, known as Aesopus moralisatus.
  • -  Italian translations and additions by Francesco del Tuppo.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 242
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-155
  • -  Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 353 (variation)
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 870 (IB.29533a)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 441
  • -  IGI 103
  • -  LC copy: border on leaf [45a] cropped. Sir George Holford's copy.

Medium

  • [168] leaves ([1], [44], and [168] blank, wanting), woodcuts: illus., initials, border (leaf [45a]). 27.5 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1485 .A35

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043554

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Aesop, Anonymus Neveleti, D'Arezzo Rinuccio, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Vita et Aesopus moralisatus. Del Tuppo, Francesco, 1443 Or [Naples: Germani fidelissimi for Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb, 1485] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47043554/.

APA citation style:

Aesop, Anonymus Neveleti, Rinuccio, D. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1485) Vita et Aesopus moralisatus. Del Tuppo, F [Naples: Germani fidelissimi for Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47043554/.

MLA citation style:

Aesop, et al. Vita et Aesopus moralisatus. Del Tuppo, Francesco, 1443 Or [Naples: Germani fidelissimi for Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb, 1485] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47043554/>.