A Moral Fable-Tale / Arnold Freitag, Arthur Golding
Entry/Object ID
2025.16.77
Description
Quarter bound in brown leather. Rest of covers are plain beige cloth. Spine has title, author, and publisher in gold. Has plastic dust jacket. Emblem book from 1586.
“Transcribed and edited from the autograph manuscript (c. 1586) in the Columbia University Library with an introduction, notes, and glossary by Richard G. Barnes from ‘Mythologia ethica’ of Arnold Freitag (1579), the source in Latin for this translation.”
Collection
Howard Kistler
Dimensions
Height
21.2 cm
Width
16.2 cm
Parts
1 book
1 clear plastic dust jacket / wrap.
Book Details
Author
Arnold Freitag
Editor
Richard G. Barnes
Illustrator
Marcus Gheeraerts
Volume/Number/Issue
Unnumbered of 400
Publisher
Arion Press
Place Published
City
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area
State/Province
California
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1987
Printer
Arion Press
Place Printed
City
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area
State/Province
California
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
German Case
Notes
Colophon at back - 25th book of the Arion Press. Printed in edition 425 of which 400 are for sale. Designed by Andrew Hoyem. A copy of ‘Mythologica ethica’ by Arnold Freitag in the Stanford University Libraries was use for most of the reproductions, filled in with a copy from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Type is Garamont. Pages printed at Arion Press. Paper is Ingres. Binding by Schuberth Bookbinding.
