Estimate € 600 - 900
Sold € 2,200
Auction: 20 September 2022 at 10:00
ESOPO (620-564 a.C.) - Fabularum quae hoc libro continentur interpretes. Strasbourg: Matthias Schurerius, 1518. A fascinating copy richly annotated by a contemporary hand of this early 16th century edition of Aesop's Fables with Erasmus' commentary. 8vo (200 x 141mm). Title within an elegant woodcut border, large printer's device at end (slight dampstain at the lower edge of some leaves). 18th-century decorative paper recently applied. Provenance: Steffanus (? contemporary ownership inscription on title and numerous annotations, only a few slightly trimmed).
Estimate € 600 - 900