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       Esopo, vita et fabulae size 30,5x22,5 incunabulum, 1476 550 pages ISBN 3-927506-03-6 |
AESOPUS
Vita et Fabulae  German edition in facsimile of woodcut incunabulum known as the Aesop of Ulm, printed by Johannes Zainer in 1476, from the collection "Otto Schäfer" of Schweinfurt. The original incunabulum, entirely hand colored, is an absolute rarity of bibliophiles (in addition to this, we know only the example of Vienna). 550 pages, 191 color woodcut illustrations, size 22.5 × 30.5 cm, color printing, leather binding, 84 pages German commentary by Peter Amelung, director of Württembergische Landesbibliothek of Stuttgart. The print run of 800 copies in Arabic numerals and 80 in Roman numerals. Code and commentary are kept in a box. 
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