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The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations.
de Aesop. John Ogilby
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Engraved frontispiece portrait of Ogilby by P. Lombart after P. Lely engraved plate of Aesop among his animals, and eighty-one engraved plates illustrating the fables by Cleyn most of which were cut by Hollar. The work first appeared in folio in 1665, with 82 fables each with its own full-page illustration (save one plate representing two fables) printed on a separate leaf, with accompanying letterpress text. Hollar was responsible for 57 of the illustrations & the print depicting Aesop. Period debossed full calf with handsome recasing in a fine morocco. Engraved frontispiece portrait cut and mounted, with small paper repair in the lower right corner of the image. Some browning and occasional foxing; a few short marginal tears or paper flaws. Title in red and black, Portrait of Aesop, Dedication to Charles II. 211, [1, blank] 82 [engraved plates] pages. Large folio (10.5 x 16.125 inches; 410 x 265 mm.).
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- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7514
- Título
- The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations.
- Autor
- Aesop. John Ogilby
- Ilustrador
- Franz Cleyn engr. by Wenceslaus Hollar
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- 1
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- Second
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- Printed by Thomas Roycroft, for the Author
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1668
- Tamaño
- Folio
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- Belles-lettres;
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William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sobre William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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- Morocco
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- Plate
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- Fine
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
