Description
Item Description:110 fables in English verse (by Mrs. Behn) and French and Latin prose, each followed by a moral.
Added engraved t.p.
The 1st edition (largely destroyed in the London fire) published as: Aesop's fables with his life: in English, French, and 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.
The French text of the 1687 edition varies greatly from the 1666 edition, and the engraved English verses beneath the plates have been entirely rewritten.
Nearly all the plates to the life are signed by Thomas Dudley.
Reproduction of original in Library of Congress.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([3], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [2] pages, 31 leaves of plates : illustrations.