Lot 69

Aesop. The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse...by John Ogilby, bound with Aesopic's, 2 vol. in 1, engraved plates by Hollar & Barlow, contemporary panelled calf, Thomas Roycroft for the Author, 1665-68

Hammer Price: £4,500

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Aesop. The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse...by John Ogilby, engraved portrait of Ogilby by Lombart after Peter Lely, title in red & black, engraved frontispiece of Aesop with animals and 81 plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Roderigo Stoop (plates 14/15 combined and one unnumbered), engraved head-piece & initial, 1665; Aesopic's: or a Second Collection of Fables..., title in red & black, 68 plates by Hollar and Francis Barlow, 1668, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and soiling, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, ink stains to plate 4 of the first, scribbles to lower margin of plate 6 of the second and stains to pp.159-166 including 4 plates, a few plates a little worn, contemporary panelled mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, corners a little worn, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, [Wing A693 & A698], folio, Thomas Roycroft, for the Author

⁂ The first item is the first folio edition of Ogilby's translation, with a new set of plates, mostly by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Description

Aesop. The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse...by John Ogilby, engraved portrait of Ogilby by Lombart after Peter Lely, title in red & black, engraved frontispiece of Aesop with animals and 81 plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Roderigo Stoop (plates 14/15 combined and one unnumbered), engraved head-piece & initial, 1665; Aesopic's: or a Second Collection of Fables..., title in red & black, 68 plates by Hollar and Francis Barlow, 1668, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and soiling, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, ink stains to plate 4 of the first, scribbles to lower margin of plate 6 of the second and stains to pp.159-166 including 4 plates, a few plates a little worn, contemporary panelled mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, corners a little worn, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, [Wing A693 & A698], folio, Thomas Roycroft, for the Author

⁂ The first item is the first folio edition of Ogilby's translation, with a new set of plates, mostly by Wenceslaus Hollar.

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