Accession number
PML 151312
Published
t' Amsteldam : By Nicolaus Visscher, op den dam in de visscher. Met Privilegie [1682]
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman. 1994.
Notes
Date of publication from Wing
Parallel text in Dutch, French, German and English.
The first edition, published in Paris, 1677, was in French only, with engravings by Sébastien Leclerc; this edition has the French original prose descriptions by C. Perrault and fables in verse by I. de Benserade, with translations into English by J. Morisson, into German by Andreas Muller, and into Dutch by Anthoni Jansen van der Goes; the engravings are copies by W. Swidde.
The designs for the fountains in the Labyrinth were based on some of the fables of Æsop.
Collation: *, **, ***, A-K⁴ L², 40 leaves of plates (text printed on verso), [chi]⁴ = 98 leaves.
41 engravings of the map, entrance, and 39 fountains (after Le Clerc) printed on recto of page facing the fable in four languages on the opposite verso.
Last 4 leaves contain contents. Errata at end.
The designs for the fountains in the Labyrinth were based on some of the fables of Æsop.
Parallel text in Dutch, French, German and English.
The first edition, published in Paris, 1677, was in French only, with engravings by Sébastien Leclerc; this edition has the French original prose descriptions by C. Perrault and fables in verse by I. de Benserade, with translations into English by J. Morisson, into German by Andreas Muller, and into Dutch by Anthoni Jansen van der Goes; the engravings are copies by W. Swidde.
The designs for the fountains in the Labyrinth were based on some of the fables of Æsop.
Collation: *, **, ***, A-K⁴ L², 40 leaves of plates (text printed on verso), [chi]⁴ = 98 leaves.
41 engravings of the map, entrance, and 39 fountains (after Le Clerc) printed on recto of page facing the fable in four languages on the opposite verso.
Last 4 leaves contain contents. Errata at end.
The designs for the fountains in the Labyrinth were based on some of the fables of Æsop.
Description
[23], 81, [5], 79, [9] p., [41] leaves of plates : illus. (incl. plan) ; 19 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Green oasis stamped "bound for Wakefield-Young Books by Sangorski and Sutcliffe Made in England".
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