Ogilby, John. Aesopic's, or, A second collection of fables : paraphras'd in verse, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar: 391-418
Folger bibliographic ID: 246687
ESTC number: R8782
Wing number: A698
Folger call number: 158- 863f
Folger holdings ID: 314404
Accession Number: 158863

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General notes

In verse. Includes Ogilby's versions of Androcleus and The Ephesian matron Signatures: [A]² B-E² chi² F-2H⁴ 2I² Title page in red and black Illustrations by Franz Cleyn; most etchings are by W. Hollar & R. Gaywood; Androcleus is illustrated by F. Barlow; portrait of Ogilby (frontispiece included in plate count) engraved by W. Faithorne after P. Lely Also available on microfilm and as a digital reproduction Includes bibliographical references

Item information about Folger 158- 863f

Imperfect: wanting portrait of Ogilby. Additional plate on smaller folio paper facing leaf U3: ape in crown and robe, backed by apes dressed as soldiers, standing on cliff at left, holding up a smaller ape in robe who is addressing Zeus in clouds; wild animals in the plain on right. In diced russia calf with gold-tooling; unidentified monogram with earl's coronet stamped in gold on covers; marbled endpapers. Small piece of paper torn from a newspaper, folded to make an arrow, in opening of leaf G4r; removed to curatorial file

Extended title: Aesopic's, or, A second collection of fables : paraphras'd in verse, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations / by John Ogilby, Esq., master of His Majesties revells in the Kingdom of Ireland
Alternate titles: Second collection of fables

author: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
printer: Roycroft, Thomas, -1677
printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
printmaker: Gaywood, Richard, active 1650-1680
printmaker: Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
illustrator: Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658
illustrator: Lely, Peter, 1618-1680