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Aesop Profusely Illustrated with Fine Engravings

Aesop. …FABULARUM AESOPIARUM, LIBRI V. Notis Illustravit in Usum Serenissimi Principis Nasauii David Hoogstratanus. Accedunt Ejusdem Opera Duo Indices…

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Amsterdam: Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae, 1701. Lg. 4to. (30), 160, (84) pp. Indices. Title printed in red & black with an allegorical copper engraved vignette. Added copper engraved title. Illustrated with 18 copper engraved plates, each with six large emblematic fable medallions. Plus numerous copper engraved head and tail pieces and large pictorial initials. Early 20th c. full brown morocco, hinges & tips rubbed. A.e.g. This copy lacks the folding portrait of the Prince of Nassau. Cohen/de Ricci 797f (“tres belle edition, bien illustree”). Dibdin II, 280.

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Author

Aesop

Title

…FABULARUM AESOPIARUM, LIBRI V. Notis Illustravit in Usum Serenissimi Principis Nasauii David Hoogstratanus. Accedunt Ejusdem Opera Duo Indices…

Year of Publication

1701

Publisher

Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae