The Medici Aesop.; Spencer MS 50. From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library
signed first edition hardcover
1989 · New York
by AESOP
New York: Abrams, 1989. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Introduction by Everett Fahy. Fables Translated from the Greek by Bernard McTigue. Illustrated throughout with 151 color facsimiles. 175pp. Slim square 4to, gilt- stamped navy blue cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1989). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, inscribed by Fahy on the title page. Reproductions of the elegantly-illuminated 15th century Florentine manuscript, traced to the library of Lorenzo de Medici's son, Piero. (Inventory #: 281885)