The Fables of Aesop: The American Prospectus.

Abstract

I doubt that I will ever have anything else from the Officina Bodoni in this collection! This eight-page brochure presents the edition by detailing who has worked on the texts and the illustrations. Texts include Latin (of unknown provenance); Zucco's Italian always in two sonnets, one on the events and the other on the moral of the individual fable; and Caxton's English. The illustrations were recut on wood by Anna Bramanti and then colored by hand at the Atelier Daniel Jacomet in Paris. The sample given here, WC, is simply exquisite. The brochure speaks in praise of the illustrations' wide range of colors and subtle shading. As far as I can recall, I had been offered this brochure only once before in all my years of prowling. The sole North American distributor of the book is given as Chiswick Book Shop in Sandy Hook, CT. A call to Sandy Hook information seems to indicate that Chiswick is no longer in business. I wondered what the price on the full book would be.…