Æsopic's: or a second collection of fables, paraphras'd in verse: . adorn'ed with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations. By John Ogilby, Esq; Master of His Majesties Revells in the kingdom of Ireland.
Petronius Arbiter (1st century)
Category
Books
Date
1668
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3114412.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],231,[1]p., 67 plates . ill.., port.. . fol.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf, all edges marbled, 6 raised bands, gilt-lettered on spine label 'Ogilby's Aesop'.
Makers and roles
Petronius Arbiter (1st century) William Faithorne, The Elder (London c.1616 - London 1691) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) John Ogilby (1600-1676)