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Here begynneth the prologue of the first booke of Esope.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Aesop.
Contributor:
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
Avianus.
Petrus Alfonsi, 1062-1110?
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459
Planudes, Maximus, approximately 1260-approximately 1310.
Series:
Early English books online
Standardized Title:
Aesop's fables. English
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fables, Classical.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (182+ unnumbered pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
[[London] : Enprented by me. R. Pynson, [1497?]]
System Details:
text file
Notes:
Translated by William Caxton.
Includes the life of Aesop by Maximus Planudes, and fables by Avianus, Petrus Alfonsi, and Poggio Bracciolini.
Caption title, d1r.
Printer's name from colophon; publication date conjectured by STC.
Signatures: d (-d2) e-f g-i⁶ A-B C-E⁶ F-G.
Only copies known are imperfect.
The last leaf contains a printer's mark.
This edition lacks a heading on d3r.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 128:4) s1999 miun s
Cited in:
STC (2nd edition) 176.
Duff 5.
GW 377.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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