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Titolo |
Æsop's fables with his life [[electronic resource] ] : in English, French and Latin / / newly translated ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures ; to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life, by Francis Barlow |
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London, : Printed by H. Hills, Jun., for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson ... Tho. Fox ... and Henry Faithorne ..., 1687 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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[3], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [2] p., 31 leaves of plates : ill |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BehnAphra <1640-1689.> |
BarlowFrancis <1622-1704.> |
PhilipotThomas <d. 1682.> |
CodringtonRobert <1601-1665.> |
DudleyThomas <fl. 1670-1687.> |
Aesop |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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110 fables in English verse (by Mrs. Behn) and French and Latin prose, each followed by a moral. |
Added engraved t.p. |
The 1st ed. (largely destroyed in the London fire) published as: Aesop's fables with his life: in English, French, & Latin / the English by Tho. Philipott, Esq., the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington ... ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures by Francis Barlow. London : Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, 1666. |
The French text of the 1687 ed. varies greatly from the 1666 ed., and the engraved English verses beneath the plates have been entirely rewritten. |
Nearly all the plates to the life are signed by Thomas Dudley. |
Reproduction of original in Library of Congress. |
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