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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 |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Printed by H. Hills, Jun., for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson ... Tho. Fox ... and Henry Faithorne ..., 1687 |
Descrizione fisica: | [3], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [2] p., 31 leaves of plates : ill |
Soggetto topico: | Fables |
Altri autori: | BehnAphra <1640-1689.> BarlowFrancis <1622-1704.> PhilipotThomas <d. 1682.> CodringtonRobert <1601-1665.> DudleyThomas <fl. 1670-1687.> Aesop |
Note generali: | 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. | |
Sommario/riassunto: | eebo-0078 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Æsop's fables with his life |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996394247703316 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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