But Proctor
was convinced that the small group of books to which these belong,
nearly all of them connected in some way with Florence, were the
productions of the first, so far unidentified, press of that city. The
date they bear (1471) places them among the earliest books printed in
the Italian language. Witness the following first editions: Petrarch's
Canzoniere, 1470; Il Decamerone, 1471; La Divina Commedia, 1472.
The present copy, bound in blue morocco, with the crest of the Marquis
of Blandford on side, was sold in his (White Knights) sale in 1819 for
L2. Leaf 9-1/4 x 6-3/4 in.
From the Syston Park sale, December, 1884, with book-plate and the
monogram (J.H.T.) of Sir John Hayford Thorold.
17. AESOPUS. Vita et fabulae graece. Vita et fabulae latine. Fabulae
selectae graece et latine. [Milan], Bonus Accursius, c. 1480.
_Part I._ _Fol. 1^a_: Bonus Accursius Pisanus doctissimo sapientissimo
ducali quaestori Iohanni Francisco turriano salutem plurimam dicit. _Fol.
2^a_: [Greek: AISOPOU BIOS TOU MYTHOPOIOU MAXIMO TO PLANOUDE
SYNGRAPHEIS].
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