Aesop. The Begynning of the Book of the Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope Which Were Translated out of Frenssh in the Englysshe by William Caxton, 8pp., woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo and hand-illuminated by him in red, green & gold, original blue paper wrappers with paper label in red to upper cover, uncut, slightly faded and frayed at edges, preserved in modern cloth folder, spine faded, 4to, San Francisco, printed by members of the Roxburghe Club, 1929.
⁂ One of c.30 copies printed by individual members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco at a meeting at the Grabhorn Press in 1929, on paper from the Doves Press donated by T.J.Cobden-Sanderson's widow. This copy was printed by William R.Cameron and is inscribed to him in pencil "This is a sloppy job. But good company and good liquor went into it. Ed Grabhorn" and also signed by Valenti Angelo.
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