Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Barlow, Francis, 1622-1704
Title:
[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
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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. | Sayer, Robert -- Publisher. | Engravings, British.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- [175-?].
Contributors:
Kirk, James, engraver.