The fables of Aesop paraphras'd in verse : adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations. The second edition. By John Ogilby, Esq; master of His Majesties revells in the Kingdom of Ireland.
1668
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The fables of Aesop paraphras'd in verse : adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations. The second edition. By John Ogilby, Esq; master of His Majesties revells in the Kingdom of Ireland.
Uniform title
Fables of Aesop. Vol. 1
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Roycroft, for the author, MDCLXVIII. [1668]
Description
[4], 211, [1] p., [1], 13, [1], 16-81, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; (fol.)
Note
Title page in red and black.
In verse.
Some plates signed by Wenceslaus Hollar.
The plate after plate 13 is numbered 14.15.
First folio edition of this translation published 1665.
A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1665 edition (Wing A693).
Wing erroneously gives Ogilby's name as "Obilvy".
In verse.
Some plates signed by Wenceslaus Hollar.
The plate after plate 13 is numbered 14.15.
First folio edition of this translation published 1665.
A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1665 edition (Wing A693).
Wing erroneously gives Ogilby's name as "Obilvy".
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999 (p. 2)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), A697
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R19147
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R19147
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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A697 (folio)
Folger-specific note
154581. Cambridge-style binding. Frontis. is trimmed and pasted on fly-leaf. Plate 61 is partially cut away and backed, affecting image. Provenance: inscribed on front free endpaper: "Edw: [Edward] Willes"