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Barlow, Francis, 1622-1704, [Illustrations to Aesop's Fables], [175-?]

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Creator:: Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704
Title(s):: [Illustrations to Aesop's Fables]
Published/Created:: London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, [175-?]
Physical Description:: 32 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 24 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA3858.8 B37 1750z
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/582100
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Plates by James Kirk; after Francis Barlow.
Consists of 8 numbers of 4 plates each, with number and undated imprint on first plate in each number.
Each engraving includes a brief English rhymed version of a fable and a rhymed moral.
Sayer published between 1752 and 1775.
Bookseller suggests date of 1768.
No more published?
Bound in blue-gray wrappers.
Subject Terms:: Aesop -- Illustrations.
Engravings, British.
Sayer, Robert -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:: Etchings -- [175-?].
Contributors:: Kirk, James, engraver.
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