Arion Press a Moral Fable-Talk Arthur Golding

San Francisco, 1987, Arion Press. The twenty-fifth book of the Arion Press. One of 425 copies printed on Ingres d'Arches in Goudy's Garamont type. Transcribed & Edited by Richard G. Barnes. Illustrated throughout with photo-engravings from etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts. Full brown leather stamped with gilt arabesques. A very fine copy. "A Moral Fable-Talk is the English version of an emblem book from the Renaissance, printed from the only known manuscript, in the hand of the author." This letterpress limited edition revives a notable collection of 16th century fables. Through an enduring interest in the works of Arthur Golding, Andrew Hoyem learned of an unpublished manuscript of 125 Aesopic fables by the English Renaissance writer in the collection of Columbia University. A photocopy of the holograph was obtained, and the help of Professor Richard G. Barnes of Pomona College was enlisted. Dr. Barnes' original scholarship provided the necessary basis for this first edition of a work by a master of the English language 400 years after it was written.

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A small light stain to the front edges; else a Fine Copy