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The fables of Æsop paraphras'd in verse, and adorn'd with sculpture

Title
The fables of Æsop paraphras'd in verse, and adorn'd with sculpture / by John Ogilby.
Publication
London : Printed by Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Eng. 1651Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
  • Cleyn, Franz, 1582-1658
Description
8 p.l., 64, 55, 55, 64 p. plates, port; 24cm. (4̕.)
Uniform Title
Aesop. English. 1651.
Subjects
Note
  • Hazlitt: Handbook, 4. Eames, M. John Ogilby and his Æsop, p. 76, 78, 81, 88. (In: New York public library. Bulletin. New York. v. 65 (1961) p. 73-88. illus.) Wing A689.
  • Illustrations: 82 full-page engravings, presumably after F. Cleyn, comprising frontispiece (Aesop among the animals) which is signed "F. clein," portrait of Ogilby, and 80 engravings numbered 1-13, 14/15, 16-81.
  • Imperfect: lower right corner of frontispiece torn away, supplied from another copy or in facsimile.
  • Binding, 17th century English, of black morocco, gilt, in the cottage style.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1651
OCLC
131731294
Title
The fables of Æsop paraphras'd in verse, and adorn'd with sculpture / by John Ogilby.
Imprint
London : Printed by Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651.
Added Author
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
Cleyn, Franz, 1582-1658, ill.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1651
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