Fables choisies d'Ésope, mises en chansons. Avec figures, dessinées & gravées par M. Chevalier.
Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1781
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149168
Summary
Bibliographic description
[80] p., [31] leaves of plates (1 double, 30 single) : ill. ; 16mo. Former shelfmark: 21.a.39. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on front fly-leaves: [1] "Charles Digby", [2] "Eliza Strangways" [probably Lady Elisabeth Fox-Strangways (1773-1846)], [3] "Decbr. 9th 178[?]" (crossed-out), [4] "Henrietta Horatia Maria Feilding 1828" [i.e. Horatia Feilding (1810-1851)]. Binding: late eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; recessed cords; triple gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on leather label on spine; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE), author Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695), author Chevalier, Jean-Alexandre, active 18th century, artist and engraver