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- Title
- Vita et Aesopus moralisatus.
- Summary
- The 1485 Naples edition of the life and fables of Aesop is and always has been among the most desirable of all illustrated books. In a sense it is the first great press book.
- Contributor Names
- Aesop.
- Anonymus Neveleti.
- Del Tuppo, Francesco, 1443 or 1444-1501, editor, translator.
- Rinuccio, d'Arezzo, approximately 1395-
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Created / Published
- Naples : [Germani fidelissimi for] Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb. 1485.
- Subject Headings
- - Fables, Greek--Translations into Italian
- - Fables, Greek--Translations into Latin
- - Italy--Naples
- Genre
- Incunabula--Italy--Naples--1485
- Notes
- - Aesop's Life in the Latin translation of Rinuccio; the Fables in the Latin metrical version of Anonymus Neveleti, known as Aesopus moralisatus.
- - Italian translations and additions by Francesco del Tuppo.
- - Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 242
- - Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-155
- - Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 353 (variation)
- - Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 870 (IB.29533a)
- - Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 441
- - IGI 103
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- - LC copy: border on leaf [45a] cropped. Sir George Holford's copy.
- Medium
- [168] leaves ([1], [44], and [168] blank, wanting), woodcuts: illus., initials, border (leaf [45a]). 27.5 cm. (fol.)
- Call Number/Physical Location
- Incun. 1485 .A35
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rosenwald.0242
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 47043554
- Online Format
- image
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/47043554
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- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
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- Aesop
- Anonymus Neveleti
- Del Tuppo, Francesco
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Rinuccio
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Chicago citation style:
Aesop, Anonymus Neveleti, D'Arezzo Rinuccio, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Vita et Aesopus moralisatus. Del Tuppo, Francesco, 1443 Or Itorlator [Naples: Germani fidelissimi for Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb, 1485] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47043554/.
APA citation style:
Aesop, Anonymus Neveleti, Rinuccio, D. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1485) Vita et Aesopus moralisatus. Del Tuppo, F [Naples: Germani fidelissimi for Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47043554/.
MLA citation style:
Aesop, et al. Vita et Aesopus moralisatus. Del Tuppo, Francesco, 1443 Or Itorlator [Naples: Germani fidelissimi for Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb, 1485] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47043554/>.
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