The fables of Aesop. . In two volumes. Paraphras'd in verse, adorn'd with 160 copper sculptures, and illustrated with annotations. By John Ogilby, Esq; His Majesty's cosmographer, geographick printer, and Master of the Revels in the kingdom of Ireland.
John Ogilby (1600-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1675
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3051471.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],59,[1],244p., [82] leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. The "Annotations" (59 p. section) is bound at the end. Bound with Ogilby's "Aesopicks: or, A second collection of fables" (London, 1673). Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: manuscript price on front fly-leaf: "17sh: 6d". manuscript inscription on title page (covered-over with slip of paper): "Henry Sedgwick".. Binding: Seventeenth-century Cambridge-style panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; red gilt title label on spine.
Makers and roles
John Ogilby (1600-1676) Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE) Francis Barlow (Lincolnshire c.1626 - London 1704) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) Dirck Stoop (Utrecht 1610 – Utrecht c.1686)