Title: The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope Author: Aesop Place: San Francisco Publisher: Grabhorn Press Date: 1930 Description: [8], 167 pp. Translated from the William Caxton 1483 edition. Title-page illustration, plus 6 head-pieces and initials by Valenti Angelo. 9¼x6½, full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands. No. 127 of 200 hand-numbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the printer in the colophon, "To Al Williams, from his brother printer, E. Grabhorn." The title-page illustration and the six headpieces are illuminated by Angelo in gilt and colors. Lot Amendments Condition: Light foxing to a few pages, still in fine condition, binding unfaded, with custom-made slipcase. Item number: 197901
Title: The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope Author: Aesop Place: San Francisco Publisher: Grabhorn Press Date: 1930 Description: [8], 167 pp. Translated from the William Caxton 1483 edition. Title-page illustration, plus 6 head-pieces and initials by Valenti Angelo. 9¼x6½, full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands. No. 127 of 200 hand-numbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the printer in the colophon, "To Al Williams, from his brother printer, E. Grabhorn." The title-page illustration and the six headpieces are illuminated by Angelo in gilt and colors. Lot Amendments Condition: Light foxing to a few pages, still in fine condition, binding unfaded, with custom-made slipcase. Item number: 197901
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