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Title
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The Medici Aesop
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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Language note: Bilingual: Greek/English
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Edited by Adele Westbrook. Translated from the Greek by Bernard McTigue
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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di Giovanni, Gherardo
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:19:21Z
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1989-12
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1989
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:19:21Z
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Date Issued
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1488?
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Abstract
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What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted manuscript was done from a printed book, Bono Accurzio's 1480 version of Planudes' 1310 text. The versions are surprisingly concise and witty. Several morals wander into generalities. Well told: The Old Woman and the Doctor (44). Differently told: The Eagle and the Fox (20). The illustrations are magnificent but small. They often read from right to left. Some excellent illustrations: The Fox and the Mask (33), The Broken Vow (40), The Thieving Child and His Mother (71), OF (105), The Ant-Man (131), The Thirsty Dove (143). The boar sharpens his tusks on a whetting stone (78)! AD (64) story has a net, while its illustration has a bow.
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Identifier
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810915421
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743 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Harry N. Abrams
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New York, NY
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Subject
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PA3855.E5 M33 1989
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Aesop
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Type
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Book, Whole