Accession number
PML 126064
Published
London : Printed by H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson ..., Tho. Fox ..., and Henry Faithorne ..., 1687.
Credit line
Bequest of Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Includes 110 fables in French and Latin prose and English verse.
According to the 1666 ed., Thomas Philipot is responsible for the English translations and Robert Codrington for the French and Latin. In this ed. the English verses (accompanying the illustrations to the fables and the life) are by Aphra Behn, the French life differs, and the French fables have been revised.
Nearly all the plates to the Life are signed by Tho. Dudley.
Signatures: [A]1 a² B-L² B-L² B-3P².
Includes index of fables.
PML copy with 5 signatures (10 illustrations) from the 2nd edition (1687) and the remainder (100 illustrations) from 1st (1666), with about 40 engravings in the first state of lettering (ex-info Lev Tsitrin).
According to the 1666 ed., Thomas Philipot is responsible for the English translations and Robert Codrington for the French and Latin. In this ed. the English verses (accompanying the illustrations to the fables and the life) are by Aphra Behn, the French life differs, and the French fables have been revised.
Nearly all the plates to the Life are signed by Tho. Dudley.
Signatures: [A]1 a² B-L² B-L² B-3P².
Includes index of fables.
PML copy with 5 signatures (10 illustrations) from the 2nd edition (1687) and the remainder (100 illustrations) from 1st (1666), with about 40 engravings in the first state of lettering (ex-info Lev Tsitrin).
Description
[6], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [3] p., [2], 31 leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 32 cm (fol)
Provenance
Formerly owned by Daniel Callaghan (bookplate, motto: "fidux et audax"); Clark Stillman.
Binding
Contemporary panelled calf.
Classification
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