[Aesop's Fables- First Edition Ogilby Translation, 1651] The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture

Ogilby, John

Published by Printed for Andrew Crook, London, 1651

About this Item

8vo, 8 1/2 x 6 inches. 19th Century quarter calf (rebacked), earlier marbled paper-covered boards. The scarce complete first edition of Ogilby s translation of 1651 with 81 copperplate illustrations of fables. Frontis cut down and mounted on old paper, other paper repairs professionally restored. Title-page with "Eugenai Wright Her Book" in what appears to be a very early inscription. Lacks large corner of Plate 55, and a narrow strip at foot of Plate 38. One plate is partly colored, and a couple of drawings to versos of plates. Expert paper repair throughout with some cuts lost, but still a fabulous survival. A few text pages with minor ink spots but nothing defacing. The first Ogilby edition herewith has the D Avenant poem dated 165, and is thus more difficult to come by than later editions. With all, still a very presentable and certainly scarce mid-17th Century Aesop title, first edition thus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Aesop's Fables- First Edition Ogilby Translation, 1651] The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture
• Publisher: Printed for Andrew Crook, London
• Publication Date: 1651