Other author/creator | Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. |
Other author/creator | Barlow, Francis, 1622-1704 |
Other author/creator | Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. |
Other author/creator | Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665. |
Other author/creator | Dudley, Thomas, fl. 1670-1687. |
Other author/creator | Aesop. |
Uniform title | Aesop's fables. Polyglot. |
Series |
Early English books online. ^A888680
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General note | 110 fables in English verse (by Mrs. Behn) and French and Latin prose, each followed by a moral. |
General note | Added engraved t.p. |
General note | 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. |
General note | 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. |
General note | Nearly all the plates to the life are signed by Thomas Dudley. |
General note | Reproduction of original in Library of Congress. |
References |
Wing A703 |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 339:28) |
Other title | Aesop's fables with his life. |
Stock number | CL0037000010 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |