Ogilby, John. 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

Folger bibliographic ID: 138033
ESTC number: R19147
Wing number: A697
Folger call number: A697
Folger holdings ID: 130102

Bibliographic format

folio

General notes

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" Portions also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999 (p. 2)

Item information about Folger A697

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"

Uniform title: Fables of Aesop. Vol. 1
Extended title: 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

Fables

author: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677