Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The fables of Esop, in English. VVith all his life and fortune, how hee was subtill, wise, and born in Greece, not far from Troy the great, in a towne named Amonio. He was of all other men most deformed, and evill shapen: for he had a great head, a larg visage, long iawes, sharp eyes, a short necke, crooke-backed, great belly, great legs, larg feet. And yet that which was worse he was dumb, and could not speake but notwithstanding this, he had a singular wit, and was very ingenious and subtill in cavillations, and pleasant in words, after he came to his speech. Whereunto are added the Fables of Avian: and also the Fable of Alphonce, with the Fables of Poge the Florentine, very pleasant to be read.

Accession number
PML 86461
Published
London : printed by F.B. for Andrew Hebb, at the signe of the Bell in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1647.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2004.
Notes
The printer was probably Francis Bowman, the only printer at that time with the initals F.B., according to Henry R. Plomer, Dictionary of the booksellers and printers... from 1641 to 1667.
Description
[2], 182, [8] p. ; 16 cm.
Provenance
William Knighton (armorial bkplate); William S[indecipherable] (insc. on tp).
Binding
Calf; rebacked.
Classification
Department