Accession number
PML 64797
Published
London : Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Ann Seile ... and Edward Powell ..., 1666.
Credit line
Gift of Ruth J. Heffelfinger, 1974.
Notes
Includes 110 fables in French and Latin prose and English verse, the latter engraved below the illustrations.
1st ed.
Small-paper issue.
Added engraved t.p. dated 1665.
Signatures: [pi]1 b² ¹B-L² ²B-I² ³B-Z² (Q missigned as R 1,2) Aa-Zz² Aaa-Ppp² (3F2 missigned 3H2).
Quire B and pages C1v and C2r are in a different setting from the large-paper issue: the "B" of signature B2r is under the second "r" of "Overseer", the hyphen at the end of line 1 of C1v is sloped, and the first word of line 2 of C2r is "that."
Ordinary paper issue on foolscap paper.
1st ed.
Small-paper issue.
Added engraved t.p. dated 1665.
Signatures: [pi]1 b² ¹B-L² ²B-I² ³B-Z² (Q missigned as R 1,2) Aa-Zz² Aaa-Ppp² (3F2 missigned 3H2).
Quire B and pages C1v and C2r are in a different setting from the large-paper issue: the "B" of signature B2r is under the second "r" of "Overseer", the hyphen at the end of line 1 of C1v is sloped, and the first word of line 2 of C2r is "that."
Ordinary paper issue on foolscap paper.
Description
[6], 40, 31, 17, 2-221, [2] p. (last p. blank), [2] leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) : 30 cm (F⁰)
Binding
Marbled calf, red spine lables.
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