The fables of John Dryden : ornamented with engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards, no. 77, and E. Harding, no. 98, Pall Mall, 1797.
Physical Description:
[4], xviii, 241, [1] p. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPT1829.L4 E57 1809+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 57 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 57 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Cheesman, Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe, and William Nelson Gardiner; after Lady Diana Beauclerc.Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, II, 438Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), II, 845English short title catalogue, T128162Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 240BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Large paper copy. The plates are partially printed in color (a la poupée). Bound in gilt-tooled crimson morocco, with gilt edges and brown watered silk endpapers. Armorial bookplate: Hermann Marx. Initials stamped in gilt on verso pastedowns: MCB. Copy 2 has uncolored plates. Bound in gilt-tooled calf. Copy 3 has uncolored illustrations. Bound with: Leonora. Second edition. London, 1809. Bound in gilt-tooled morocco binding.
Contents:
Preface -- Palamon and Arcite, or, The Knight's tale [from Chaucer] -- Sigismonda and Guiscardo, from Boccace -- The cock and the fox, or, The tale of the Nun's Priest, from Chaucer -- Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace -- The flower and the leaf, or, The lady in the arbour -- The Wife of Bath's tale [from Chaucer] -- Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace.