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Vita et Fabulae
Uniform Title
Aesop's fables. German.
Title
[Vita et Fabulae]
Publication
[Ulm] : [Johann Zainer], [circa 1476]
Physical Description
[288] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28 cm
Local Notes
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0170: Imperfect: 40 non-consecutive leaves, most with hand-colored woodcuts. With marginalia, in a later hand. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Notes
Title from Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrücke.
Imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue.
With 194 woodcut illustrations, including a full-page portrait of the author.
In Middle High German and Latin.
Variant and related titles
Incipit: Vita Esopi fabulatoris clarissimi e greco latina
Format
Books
Language
German; Latin; German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Added to Catalog
April 11, 2024
References
Incunabula short title catalogue, ia00116000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A116
Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 330
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 351
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3020
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring.
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