AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). The Fabled Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture by John Ogilby . London: Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651.
AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). The Fabled Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture by John Ogilby . London: Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651. 4 o (211 x 151 mm). Engraved additional title with portrait, engraved frontispiece and 80 engraved plates by Hollar, Stoop and Barlow after Francis Cleyn (Minor soiling.) Modern green morocco gilt, edges gilt, by Riviere (spine slightly faded). Provenance : acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1957. FIRST EDITION of Ogilby's translation with outstanding illustrations of these 81 fables (numbered 1-13, 14/15 and 16-81). See previous lot. Wing A-689.
AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). The Fabled Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture by John Ogilby . London: Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651.
AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). The Fabled Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture by John Ogilby . London: Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651. 4 o (211 x 151 mm). Engraved additional title with portrait, engraved frontispiece and 80 engraved plates by Hollar, Stoop and Barlow after Francis Cleyn (Minor soiling.) Modern green morocco gilt, edges gilt, by Riviere (spine slightly faded). Provenance : acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1957. FIRST EDITION of Ogilby's translation with outstanding illustrations of these 81 fables (numbered 1-13, 14/15 and 16-81). See previous lot. Wing A-689.
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