Æsop's fables with his life: in English, French and Latin /
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Uniform title: | Aesop's fables. Polyglot. |
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Imprint: | London : Printed by H. Hills, Jun., for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson ... Tho. Fox ... and Henry Faithorne ..., 1687. |
Description: | [3], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [2] p., 31 leaves of plates : ill. |
Language: | English French Latin |
Series: | Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 339:28. |
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Format: | Microform Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1253658 |
Other title: | Aesop's fables with his life. |
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Other authors / contributors: | Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 Barlow, Francis, 1626?-1702 Philipot, Thomas, -1682 Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665. Dudley, Thomas, active 1670-1687 Aesop |
Notes: | 110 fables in English verse (by Mrs. Behn) and French and Latin prose, each followed by a moral. Added engraved t.p. The 1st ed. (largely destroyed in the London fire) published as: Aesop's fables with his life: in English, French, & Latin / the English by Tho. Philipott, Esq., the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington ... ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures by Francis Barlow. London : Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, 1666. The French text of the 1687 ed. varies greatly from the 1666 ed., and the engraved English verses beneath the plates have been entirely rewritten. Nearly all the plates to the life are signed by Thomas Dudley. Reproduction of original in Library of Congress. Wing A703 Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1970. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 339:28) |
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