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<dl><dd>Imprint from colophon</dd>
<dd>Device of Aldus on t.-p. and verso of last leaf</dd>
<dd>The selections from Aphthonius and Philostratus, the Vita by Maximus Planudes, the Fables of Aesop and the Fables of Babrius (first impression) are in Greek and Latin on opposite pages; the other works are in Greek only. The Greek text is numbered from p. 17 to p. 142 (i.e. 140, nos. 129-130 being omitted) continued by columns numbered 1-172, arranged two columns to the page. At end is a leaf with a note to the reader by Aldus, an index, and the colophon. The Latin text is unpaged and has a separate signature numbering. The second impression of the Fables of Babrius is interspersed within the text of the Fables of Aesop, the first impression of the Fables of Babrius, and the text of Cornutus, with signature numbering as follows: B verso, B recto, C verso, C recto, D verso, D recto, D verso, D</dd>
<dd>Edited and translated by Aldo Pio Manuzio</dd>
<dd>McGeary &amp; Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Fables</div>
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<dl><dd>Aesop</dd>
<dd>Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515</dd>
<dd>Babrius</dd></dl></div>
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