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667 - AESOP, [ERASMUS]. Aesopi fabulae [common title]. The interpr…
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Estimate €1,400 - €1,500
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AESOP, [ERASMUS]. Aesopi fabulae [common title]. The interpreters and authors of the fables contained in this / book are as follows [...] Strasbourg, Johann Knobloch, 1 December 1523. Small 8vo, [13] ff., 90 ff., initials, stiff vellum, ribbed spine, red title page, red edges (19th-century binding). A few stains on some folios. A Strasbourg edition reprinting those of 1521 and 1522 by the same bookseller. BOUND TOGETHER WITH 3 short works from the early 16th century: I. ERASMUS: *Querela pacis undique gentium eiectae profligataeque Slnd.* [Strasbourg, Knobloch, 1523], 24 ff., with a frontispiece illustration on the verso of the first folio. II. GUICHARD (Thomas): Oratio habita ab eloquentissimo viro, F. Thom Guichardo Rhodio (...), coram Clemente VII Pont[ifice] Max[imo], in qua Rhodiorum oppugnationis & deditionis summa continetur. Paris, Robert Estienne, August 1527, 11 ff., including the title page with a large printer’s vignette. III. [GUARNA (Andrea):] Bellum grammaticale. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1526. [18] ff., with a large printer’s vignette on the title page.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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