The Old Print Shop

Known Fables Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi.

  • ARTIST: Antonio Frasconi

  • PUBLISHER: Spiral Press, NY.

  • MEDIUM: Woodcuts and text,

    DATE: 1964.

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  • DESCRIPTION: Antonio Frasconi. Twenty-three unnumbered pages. Nine fables; "The Fox and the Grapes;" "The Ant and the Fly;" "The Bear and the Bees;" "The Lion and the Goat;" "The Wolf and the Crane;" "The Wolf and the Lamb;" "The Daw with Borrowed Feathers;" "The Clock and the Dial;" and "The Box and the Crow:" From the colophon "Five hundred copies of these fables were printed in November of 1964 at The Spiral Press, New York on Goyu paper from the original blocks. The text is from the volume printed by S. Hodgson in Newcastle in 1820. . . 11 woodcuts have been printed from the original blocks cut by Antonio Frasconi. Signed & numbered on colophon by Frasconi, 12mo., hardcover pictorial boards printed from Frasconi blocks, w/ glassine wrap.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed on the colophon and marked "AC" (Artists Copy).

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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