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The fables of John Dryden

Title: The fables of John Dryden / ornamented with engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.
Author: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Publication: London : Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, no. 77, and E. Harding, no. 98, Pall Mall, 1797.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	*KL+++ 86-136	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Pforz+ (Beauclerc, D. Leonora)	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description

[4], xviii, 241, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill.; 42 cm. (fol.)

Uniform Title

Flower and the leaf.

Note

Signatures: pi² a-e²(-e2), [B]² C-3P² chi1 (sigs. [H], [2B], [2I], [2R] unsigned).
Illustrations: Stipple engravings, comprising 4 full-page by T. Cheesman, 3 by F. Bartolozzi, and one each by Vandenberg and W.N. Gardiner, and 11 head- and tailpieces (putti) by Bartolozzi and 4 by Gardiner.

Indexed In (note)

Baudi di Vesme, A. Bartolozzi

Contents

Preface -- Palamon and Arcite, or, The Knight's tale / [from Chaucer] -- Sigismonda and Guiscardo / from Boccace -- The cock and the fox, or, The tale of the nun's priest / from Chaucer -- Theodore and Honoria / from Boccace -- The flower and the leaf, or, The lady in the arbour -- The Wife of Bath's tale / [from Chaucer] -- Cymon and Iphigenia / from Boccace.

Call Number

*KL+++ 86-136

LCCN

15002215

OCLC

2825192
NYPG87-B11950

Author

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

Title

The fables of John Dryden / ornamented with engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.

Imprint

London : Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, no. 77, and E. Harding, no. 98, Pall Mall, 1797.

Indexed In:

Baudi di Vesme, A. Bartolozzi, 1708-1720

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy bound with: Burgher, G. Leonora. London : J. Edwards, and E. and S. Harding, 1796. Bound together subsequent to publication.

Binding (Pforzheimer copy): Contemporary red morocco, raised spine bands.

Provenance (Rare Books copy): Collin Armstrong; Claudius Edmond Delbos, Tonnancour (bookplates, the latter's designed by Eric Gill).

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Added Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. Artist

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815. Engraver

Edwards, James, 1720-1816. Publisher

Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840. Publisher

Added Title

Flower and the leaf.

Research Call Number

*KL+++ 86-136

NCL++ (Dryden, J. Fables)

Pforz+ (Beauclerc, D. Leonora)

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