Aesop's Fables with his Life : 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.
London
Printed by H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson ..., Tho. Fox ..., and Henry Faithorne ...
1687
[6], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [2] p., 31 (i.e. 33) leaves of plates : ill.
Fables
"The ingenious Mrs. A. Behn has been so obliging as to perform the English poetry, which in short comprehends the sense of the fable and moral." - To the Reader. The English translation is by Thomas Philipot, the French and Latin by Robert Codrington. Cf. edition of 1666. Plates engraved by Robert Dudley. Wing A703. Title page cut out and mounted; front. and plate with the arms of the Duke of Devonshire wanting; some plates bound in wrong order. Bound by Bain.
Aesop Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 Barlow, Francis, 1626?-1702 Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682 Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665 Dudley, Thomas, active 1670-1687 Bain, Alexander William, d. 1900 (binder)
Hollar_a_3009
E-10 5010 RBSC
