Aesopi Fabulas

Multiple artists/makers

June 26, 1479

Not on view

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Title: Aesopi Fabulas
Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
Translator: Accio Zucchi (Italian)
Designer: Woodcuts by Liberale da Verona (Italian, Verona ca. 1445–1527/29 Verona)
Publisher: Giovanni & Alberto Alvise , Verona
Published in: Verona
Date: June 26, 1479
Medium: Woodcuts, some hand colored
Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 7/8 in. (21 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 21.4.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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