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LIBRAI E CARTOLAI REGGIANI NEL XVI SECOLO
Ferrari, Vincenzo
Commercio della Carta e del Libro
A short article on the booksellers and stationers in Reggio in the sixteenth century. The article is only one page front and back. There was activity as early as 1501 with the bookselling community flourishing by mid-to-late century. The pamphlet is faded with some creasing and edge wear. The is a 1.5 inch triangular piece missing from the lower back panel. The paper is fragile.
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FABLES OF AESOP, AND OTHERS, WITH DESIGNS ON WOOD
by Aesop
Second edition copy from a limited edition of 1000. An illustrated version of the classical Aesop's Fables, with illustrations by the English wood engraver Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). This is a Demy copy. (See Roscoe, 1953, 165-170). Recased, preserving original calf binding. Free endpaper with archival paper repairs along edges. Occasional spotting and some of the page corners bent inward. Signature by previous owner in brown ink on the free front endpaper. Well-preserved copy.
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