B13461

Shelfmark

Cb.2.1.07

Author

Ogilby, John

Uniform title

[Aesop's fables]

Title

[The fables of Æsop paraphras'd in verse: adorn'd with sculpture and illustrated with annotations. By John Ogilby.].

Publication, distribution, etc.

[London] :, [Printed by Thomas Roycroft, for the Author],, [1665].

Physical description

[2], 81 plates ;, Fo.

Note

Previously Ca.3.4A.

Note

Title page in red and black.

Note

Portrait of author signed "P. Lilly pinxit P. Lombart sculpsit Londini."; other plates signed by Wenceslaus Hollar, and D.D.D.

Note

The plate after plate 13 is numbered 14.

Note

In verse.

Note

Incomplete: wants title-page, imprint, and text. Work tentatively identified from subject of plates, signing of some by W. Hollar and D. Stoop, and presence of date 1665 on some.

Note

First plate has verse "Examples are best precepts; and a tale / Adorn'd with sculpture better may prevaile, / To make men lesser beasts, than all the store / Of tedious volumes vext the world before.".

Citation/references note

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A693; ESTC R11060

Additional physical form available

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 754:23).

Provenance

Label of Eton College Library.

Provenance

Ms. note in pencil, reading "Storer bequest"; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.

Binding

19th century half-leather and marbled paper. Ms. note on pastedown reads "bound by Eton College 1804".

Added entry--name

Ogilby, John

Added entry--name

Hollar, Wenceslaus

Added entry--name

Storer, Anthony Morris, former owner.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B13461

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096##$aCb.2.1.07

1001#$aOgilby, John

24010$aAesop's fables

24515$a[The fables of Æsop paraphras'd in verse: adorn'd with sculpture and illustrated with annotations. By John Ogilby.].

260##$a[London] :$b[Printed by Thomas Roycroft, for the Author],$c[1665].

300##$a[2], 81 plates ;$cFo.

500##$aPreviously Ca.3.4A.

500##$aTitle page in red and black.

500##$aPortrait of author signed "P. Lilly pinxit P. Lombart sculpsit Londini."; other plates signed by Wenceslaus Hollar, and D.D.D.

500##$aThe plate after plate 13 is numbered 14.

500##$aIn verse.

500##$aIncomplete: wants title-page, imprint, and text. Work tentatively identified from subject of plates, signing of some by W. Hollar and D. Stoop, and presence of date 1665 on some.

500##$aFirst plate has verse "Examples are best precepts; and a tale / Adorn'd with sculpture better may prevaile, / To make men lesser beasts, than all the store / Of tedious volumes vext the world before.".

5104#$aWing (CD-ROM, 1996), A693; ESTC R11060

530##$aMicrofilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 754:23).

561##$aLabel of Eton College Library.

561##$aMs. note in pencil, reading "Storer bequest"; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.

563##$a19th century half-leather and marbled paper. Ms. note on pastedown reads "bound by Eton College 1804".

7001#$aOgilby, John

7001#$aHollar, Wenceslaus

7001#$aStorer, Anthony Morris$eformer owner.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.