The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse: Adorn’d with Sculpture (Vol 1) AND Aesopics, or a Second Collection of Fables (Vol 2)
John Ogilby, Aesop

Volume I–(Second Edition) The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse: Adorn’d with Sculpture. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft for the Author, 1668. Second edition with new title page, a re-issue of the 1665 edition sheets.

This volume contains the frontispiece, engraved vignettes and initials, (missing Ogilby portrait), and has all eighty-one full-paged plates in fabulous condition. Light yellowing/browning of pages as regular.

Volume II–(Second Edition) Aesopics, or a Second Collection of Fables, illustrated with sixty-eight full-paged plates in early issue before captions were added. Pages are remarkably clean without any browning. Large folio volumes, both illustrated throughout; Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) engraved eighty-eight of the illustrations for these works, the others were executed by Dirck Stoop (c. 1610-1686) and Francis Barlow (c. 1626-1704). Both volumes are uniformly re-bound with original leather panels inset in full brick morocco bindings with gilt titles.

Title: The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse

Publisher: London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft for the Author, 1668.

Publication Date: 1668

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition, Illustrated Edition