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Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae græce et latinè : cum alijs opusculis, quorum index proxima refertur pagella

Piacenza. St. Vincents Library, Aesop · 1544 · Basileæ : Per Ioannem Heruagium · 7 pictures

A 1544 Greek and Latin edition of Aesop's fables printed in Basel by Johannes Herwagen, drawn from a Boston Public Library copy. The pictures are woodcut decorative initials and Greek type blocks: the large letters are framed by foliage, animals and figures, with dense black-and-white line hatching, useful to a designer seeking Renaissance letterforms and ornamental capitals.

Fables

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