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

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

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

by Ogilby, John

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London: Printed for Andrew Crook, 1651. 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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Title
[Aesop's Fables- First Edition Ogilby Translation, 1651] The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture
Author
Ogilby, John
Book Condition
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Hardcover
Publisher
Printed for Andrew Crook
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1651

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Specializing in Fine Bindings By Noted Bookbinders; High Spots and Inscribed Copies of Important 19th-20th Century English and American Literature; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Fine Press Books; Unusual and Rare Children's and Illustrated; Art Nouveau; Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Associations; Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstatte; 1890's.Long-standing rare book dealer established in 1979, in Seattle, Washington specializing in the highest quality fine and rare books, primarily from the 18th through 20th Centuries. We value your patronage and would love to have you join our mailing list where we offer illustrated catalogs twice a year by PDF (with copious photos of content). All books are guaranteed as described, and returnable within 7 days for any reason. By Appointment Only.

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