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168730747London: H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow 1687. Second Barlow Edition. Hardcover. Good . Folio 30.8 by 19.4 cm. 10 40 40 17 2-221 3: table pp; engraved title letterpress title engraved arms of the dedicatee William Cavendish Earl of Devonshire; engraved portrait of Aesop; 30 of 31 numbered full page copperplate engraved plates in the Life; 110 half page engraved plates accompany the fables. 18th-century paneled calf expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip borders and spine tooled in gilt. Light staining and scuffs to covers. Occasional light stains and smudges throughout mostly marginal; a few careful repairs at torn margins; professional repair at margin plate 2 just encroaching on printed surface; 3 cm perforation in plate Fable XII; moderate staining at plate Fable XLVIII; Text block good with otherwise clean plates complete but for the so-called 'indecent' or 'scandalous' plate 17 often defaced or lacking. A good or better copy handsomely bound.<br /> <br /> Second Barlow edition of these superbly illustrated Fables of Aesop first published in 1666. Each of the 110 fables include a half-page engraving text fable and moral in both French and Latin along with new captions in English by Aphra Behn. The English Life of Aesop is likely a reissue of the original sheets from the small-paper copies of the 1666 edition; the French Life is a new version. They are interspersed with thirty full-page plates mostly signed by Thomas Dudley the unsigned plates were engraved by Barlow. <br /> <br /> According to his contemporary the engraver and antiquary George Vertue Francis Barlow d. 1704 came from Lincolnshire and apprenticed in London to the portrait painter William Shepherd. Early and late in his career Barlow designed sets of natural history plates which were etched by Wenceslaus Hollar Richard Gaywood Jan Griffier and Francis Place. These prints proved to be an important source for artists and craftsmen of succeeding generations. Along with his engravings for Edward Benlowes's Theophilia 1652 the present suite of illustrations for Aesop's Fables are considered to be Barlow's finest. The preliminary drawings reside in the British Museum. While Barlow's house at "the Golden Eagle in New-Street near Shoo-lane" was burnt in the great fire the copper plates for the volume survived. ODNB.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: "The Gift of Rich. Wesley Esq to his Son Garret Wesley Year of Christ 1741" entered in black ink at the front endleaf; Garret's entry appears beside the imprint at the title and his "cypher" substitution chart for Greek and English letters appears beneath the gift dediction. A later owner "E.R." has noted in pencil at the pastedown that this book belonged to R. and G. Wesley "ancestors of the Wellesley Family see the autographs for the letter afterwards to the Marquis Wellesley Revnd Dr Wellesley at whose sale I bought it." At the front pastedown is the bookplate of George Aiken Batchelder 1860-1936 who was Vice President E. H. Rollins & Sons Bonds San Francisco California. The bookplate partially obscures another note in pencil which appears to mention the absence of the 'indecent' plate. References: ESTC R22991; S. O'Connell "Barlow Francis" in: ODNB online; Press Reference Library Western Edition Notables of the West vol. I p. 163 International News Service 1913.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: AEsop's fables with his life: in English French and Latin. Newly translated. Illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures. To this edition are likewise added thirty one New figures representing his life. By Francis Barlow. London: Printed by H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson at the Black-boy against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street Tho. Fox in Westminster-hall and Henry Faitborne at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-yard. M.DC.LXXXVII. 1687. H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow hardcover
166648718London.: Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow and are to be sold by Ann Seile at the Black-Boy against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet and Edward Powell at the Swan in Little Britain. 1666. Full contemporary calf boards ruled in blind later spine with red morocco label with gilt title and blind rules in seven compartments marbled edges. Folio. 356 x 242 mm. Printed title within double rules engraved title by Barlow with central title within elaborate cartouche and surrounded by an eagle leopard boar fox wolf and lion leaf with large decorative woodcut inhabited ten-line initial and Barlow's dedication to Sir Francis Pruijan or Prujean leaf with Barlow's 'To the Reader' leaf with engraved frontispiece of Aesop with animals and additional engraving with text beneath 20 leaves with 'A Brief Prospect of the Life of Aesop' 16 leaves with 'La Vie d'Esope' 9 leaves with 'Aesopi Philosophice Fabulantis Vita' and Aesop's 110 fables illustrated with 110 engravings final leaves with 'La Table' and 'The Table' decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces throughout; sheet size: 350 x 228 mm. A very rare large paper copy of the scarce first edition of Francis Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.By the time of the Restoration Francis Barlow had achieved a measure of success with his suites of prints of animals - engraved by the best such as Hollar Griffier and Place - and his decoration of houses and by the mid-1660s had contributed to the Aesop of Ogilby and Hollar. It is not entirely clear why he would wish to issue another edition of the Fables Hofer suggests a competitive nature and a different projected audience but by 1665 he had engraved a superb title it bears that date and by the time of publication in 1666 the date to the letterpress title had engraved a frontispiece of Aesop surrounded by animals and 110 half-page vignettes after his own drawings to illustrate the Fables. Each of the Fable engravings is accompanied by lines of verse by Thomas Philipott; the translations of Aesop's life into French and Latin was by Robert Codrington. Whatever Barlow's motivation the result is one of the most extensive and beautiful English illustrated books of the seventeenth century and one of the scarcest the scarcity often attributed to the loss of the sheets in the Great Fire of London. Large paper copies of this first edition are identifiable see ESTC through various issue points all present here but also as per Philip Hofer the transposition of some of Barlow's engravings. In the present copy the engraving for 'Fab. XLVIII' 'The Ant and Fly' is in fact that for 'Fab. XLXIX' 'The Ant and Grasshopper'. Hofer indicates too that the engravings for 'Fab. LXX' 'The Tortoise and Hare' and 'Fab. LXXI' The Young Man and His Cat' are also transposed however in the present copy they are not the margins headlines etc. conform to the remaining large paper leaves although 'The Young Man and His Cat' features the erroneous title 'The Nurse and Her Child' 'Fab. LXIX' albeit with the correct page number. Large paper copies also feature 'FINIS' beneath the signature Ppp at the foot of the leaf with the final engraving for 'FAB. CX' 'The Tortoise & Eagle'; in addition the spacing of the text in the large paper copy also suggests that the text on this leaf was reset.A second edition was published in 1687 with additional plates to illustrate the life of Aesop and with Philipott's verse replaced with new verse by Aphra Behn. A third edition was issued in 1703 and a posthumous French edition appeared in 1714 published in Amsterdam; Philip Hofer suggests that the third edition was really made up of unused sheets from the two earlier editions but with a new title and that the edition in French - it makes use of some of Barlow's plates - is not a Barlow edition.'This seventeenth-century polyglot English-French-Latin Aesop is handsomely illustrated with engravings after designs by Francis Barlow 1626 - 1702 an English painter renowned for his pictures of country life and field sports. He was perhaps the finest English draughtsman of animal scenes in the seventeenth century. Barlow who published the book at his own expense explains in his preface that he intends the work to contribute to the education of young people. This is the first edition; the relatively few copies known are all survivors of the Great Fire of London which swept over the printer's premises in 1666.' Early Children's Books and Their Illustration.'No artist has responded with more sensitivity and less sentimentality to the gentle grace of deer . The least of creatures the frog the hare the snake and the swallow and the least favoured of them the ass the boar and the wolf -- he draws them all with an intimacy charm and inviolable integrity never surpassed in an English book . '. Edward Hodnett.'Francis Barlow was the first native English book illustrator - indeed the leading interpretative illustrator in England before 1800 . Otto Benesch of the Albertina Museum Vienna has called him 'one of the greatest illustrators of all time'.' Edward Hodnett.This large paper issue of the 1666 Aesop is very scarce: while ESTC lists 17 copies for the small paper issue see ESTC R21542 it notes only two of the large: the copy at the Huntington and that at the Morgan Library and Museum New York; Harvard also holds a copy.ESTC R477463; see 'Francis Barlow' by Edward Hodnett 1978; see #9 in the Morgan Library and Museum's 'Early Children's Books and Their Illustration' 1975; see Philip Hofer's 'Francis Barlow's Aesop' printetd in the Harvard Library Bulletin Autumn 1948. Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Ann Seile at the Black-Boy against St. Dunstan's Church in F hardcover
168747459London.: H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow. 1687. Full contemporary midnight blue morocco by the 'Barlow's Aesop Binder' boards ruled in gilt to surround gilt tooled decorative panels with foliate decorative corner pieces banded spine with elaborate decorative tooling and title 'BARLOWs AESOP' gilt turn ins and board edges with gilt roll tool decoration marbled endpapers a.e.g. black morocco-backed velvet-lined buckram box. Folio. 372 x 242 mm. Engraved title printed title engraving with the Devonshire arms dedication leaf 'to the Right Honourable William of Devonshire' leaf 'to the Reader' engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates illustrating the 'Life of Aesop' and 110 half-page vignette engravings to the 'Fables'. A superlative large paper copy in a contemporary English binding by the Barlow's Aesop Binder of Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.This copy - printed on excellent paper - is in a beautiful contemporary binding the binding in a beautiful state of preservation by the ‘Barlow’s Aesop Binder’. Few bindings by the 'Barlow’s Aesop Binder' are known and the present copy identifiable by the lettering to the spine and the comparable decorative tooling is one of only a handful. Active in the 1680s and 1690s the bindery worked certainly for William and Mary although the identified copies of Barlow’s masterpiece from the bindery include too the Devonshire dedication copy from Chatsworth the Cracherode copy both these now at the British Library Pepys’ copy at Magdalene Cambridge the present copy and one other in a private collection in the US.This second edition of Francis Barlow's masterpiece adds 31 plates 32 including the frontispiece to illustrate the life of Aesop including the often mutilated 'obscene' plate here untouched and includes verse by Aphra Behn 1640 - 1689 commissioned especially for each of the 'Fables'. The unsigned plates are engraved by Barlow and the remainder by Thomas Dudley a student of Wenceslaus Hollar. Barlow himself drew and engraved all of the illustrations for the 'Fables' themselves.'The Ingenious Mrs. A. Behn has been so obliging as to perform the English Poetry which in short comprehends the Sense of the Fable and Moral: Whereof to say much were needless since it may sufficiently recommend it self to all Persons of Understanding.' Francis Barlow.'Francis Barlow was the first native English book illustrator - indeed the leading interpretative illustrator in England before 1800 . Otto Benesch of the Albertina Museum Vienna has called him 'one of the greatest illustrators of all time'.' Edward Hodnett.Complete copies of Barlow's work in good condition are scarce the present copy however a large paper example in its original binding by theh Barlow’s Aesop Binder printed on a different thick paper stock and entirely unsophisticated is of the utmost rarity. This is borne out if it is necessary to provide evidence by the fact that this copy featured in two sophisticated collections of illustrated books of the last 50 years: firstly that of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow secondly that of Robert S. Pirie; the latter collector rarely if ever settled for second best and would certainly have bought another copy if he had found one. That he had to wait for the present copy is telling.Wing 703; see ‘English Restoration Bindings’ by Howard Nixon pg. 40 nos. 98 / 99; see 'Francis Barlow' by Edward Hodnett 1978. H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow. hardcover
1667745Amsterdam: Laurentius 1667. Hardcover. Fair. 1st edition thus of Aesop's Fables as printed by Laurentius in 1667 and including over 100 engravings; this copy with the explicit engravings pages 276 and 279 depicting a brothel unaltered which is rare due to centuries of censorship to the rather coarse illustrations. The completeness of this edition is often mentioned for its completeness as it contains ninety-two of the Phaedrus fables. Each fable is richly annotated. About Aesop's Fables - Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Bibliographic Details - Universal Short Title Catalogue USTC number 1804349 found in 13 of the world's best libraries. Richly referenced. One of my favorites for its simplicity comes from Greg Carlson the Carlson Fable Collection online and he writes of this edition: We have a title-page and the glorious frontispiece featuring a Roman Emperor Phaedrus and Aesop. Bodemann #75.1 notes the number of dedications that open the book. The illustrations for each fable are uniformly just over 3½"" by 2¾"". According to Bodemann they have few known sources. They tend to portray several phases of a fable at once; for example on 43 we see in the foreground the stag admiring his image in the water. Further back and to the right we see the dogs catching the stag as the hunter stands by. Similarly we see both phases of FS on 78. The illustrations are strong and well preserved. They were printed in a separate phase from the texts as is clear for example on 25 where the illustration overlaps the bottom of the title. I seem to remember many of the images from various sources like the dramatic pose of the Aesop statue on 128. Page 194 has a second illustration pasted in over the original illustration for III 12 ""Pullus ad Margaritam."" The same on 205 for ""Canis ad Agnum"" III 15. Several fables like V 2 seem to have some lines expurgated and replaced with asterisks. I am unsure why. The fables are followed by significant sections of ""Variae Lectiones"" ""Notae Guyeti"" ""Vocabulorum"" and an ""Index Rerum et Verborum."" The final page has a list of errata. Physical Attributes - Measures approx. 11.5 x 19 x 3.5 cm. Mottled leather binding of the 18th century style. Boards with a single gilt fillet frame. Spine with four raised bands; four compartments with a central gilt flower stamp and one with the title in gilt but the gilt is largely lost as the mottling has reduced the outer layer of the leather. The text block edges are sprinkled red. Top-edge is darkened. Double endbands of white and blue. Illustrated; bibliographies record 103 engravings. I did personally check the collation signed numbers at the bottom of each page and this copy is complete including the often lost two blank leaves at the rear I shined a light through to make sure they matched the 6th leaf in the gathering. Pages - 32 leaves of prefatory material signed to 8 462 numbered pages ending on Ff7verso leaves signed Ff8 to end TT8 are index. Collation - to 8 A-Z8 Aa-Tt8 Condition - See pictures. Some loss of leather where mottled some loss of gilt. Still the binding is performing well. Some small wear to leather at board edges. Rubbing on back board. Start of a crack at ends of joints. Hinge is cracked inside exposing ties/crash at gutter. Pastedown and flyleaf with pasted stamped written and erased bibliographic and shelf mark annotations. Blank bookbinder's endpaper shaken slightly loose and proud. Text block with some toning and occasional rust spots candle ember mark and thumb throughout. Top corner Y3 chipped away no text affected. Small ink spot along fore-edge at rear; just shows on printed page fore-edge margin. Mostly a nice copy; very few thumbs I saw just several no page edge chips and no annotations. Laurentius
166926292<p><strong>1669 Aesop Fables CLASSIC Folklore Mythology Fabulae 62 Woodcuts Illustrated ART</strong></p><p><em>"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other and we then know how to meet him." </em></p><p>― Aesop<em> Aesop's Fables</em></p><p>Aesop's fables have been printed for centuries and include some of the most famous fables and tales of all time. Originating sometime in the 6th- to 7th-century BC these tales have appeared in popular culture for well over 2000 years in the form of books plays songs and visual media. This small 1669 edition of Aesop was published in Paris is notable for the exquisite illustrations throughout – mostly illustrations of animals.</p><p>Item number: #26292</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>AESOP</p><p><strong><em>Aesopi Phrygis et aliorum fabulae : elegantissimis iconibus illustratae et diligentius quàm antehac emendatae</em></strong></p><p>A Paris: Chez Estienne Loyson . 1669.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. 1 – 10 359 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. 2 – 6 352</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><strong>60 engravings throughout plus 2 engraved frontispieces</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>Madelaine Larocque</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~5in X 2.75in 12.5cm x 7cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Rare and desirable edition</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26292</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Estienne Loyson hardcover
1619ABC_45380Venice 1619. Jo. Baptistam Combus Contemporary vellum. Woodcut printers device on title-page and 92 woodcuts in text. 12mo. 450 4 pp. lacking the last blank. One of the many school editions of the fables of Aesop with the same title at least 8 between 1524 and 1589 some printed in Basel by Froben others in Venice with parallel Greek and Latin text printed on facing pages.A few leaves cut short at two or three places affecting the text upper corner of title-page restored. Otherwise in good condition.l Not in Bodemann; Fabula docet. hardcover
1619ABC_45381Genève or Lyon 1619. Ad 1: 16mo and ad 2: 12mo. Jean de Tournes Contemporary overlapping vellum. Ad 1 with the woodcut portrait of Aesop in a roundel on the title page and 61 woodcuts ca. 3.5 x 4.5 cm in the text illustrating the fables of Aesop most after Bernard Salomon but 22 from another series. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Text in two columns: Greek left and Latin right. Ad 2 with printers device on title page and some woodcut initials. 2 volumes bound as 1. 410 6; 8 168 pp. Ad 1: One of the many Aesop editions based on the famous first illustrated edition by Jean de Tournes Lyon 1571 which was a landmark in humanistic scholarship and printing with woodcuts by Bernard Salomon Bodemann 29.1. The De Tournes family moved to Geneva in 1585 to escape religious persecution as Hugenots. In 1619 Jean de Tournes III sold his house in Lyon to the printer Guichard Juliéron who probably issued the present edition in Lyon under the name of Jean de Tournes.Ad 2: A rare collection of Greek poetry and other works by Theognis and Phocylides ideas and thoughts of Pythagoras and the mottos of Solon. The editor and translator Fredericus Sylberg 1536-1596 was a classical philologist working as a corrector and editor for the publisher Henr. Commelin at Heidelberg. Ad 1: with owners entry on the front pastedown: "Sum ex libris Hugonis Suchier Ritelii = Rinteln 1881". There are more than a dozen errors in the pagination but both books are nevertheless complete. Some woodcuts slightly worn boards slightly damaged. Ad 2: minor water stains pp. 115-158.l Ad 1: cf. Bodeman 29.2. Ad 2: STCN 2 copies. hardcover
16097836<p><b>1609 Aesop's Fables Greek Mythology AESOP Planudes Homer Batrachomyomachia Latin</b></p><p><i>"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other and we then know how to meet him." </i></p><p>― Aesop<i> Aesop's Fables</i></p><p><i><br />Aesop's fables have been printed for centuries and include some of the most famous fables and tales of all time. Originating sometime in the 6th- to 7th-century BC these tales have appeared in popular culture for well over 2000 years in the form of books plays songs and visual media.</i></p><p><i>This incredible early 17th-century printing of Aesop's fables features several additional works including:</i></p><p>· A 'life of Aesop' by 13th-century Byzantine monk Maximus Planudes</p><p>· Galeomyomachia by Theodorus Prodromus</p><p>· Batrachomyomachia attributed to Homer</p><p>Item number: #7836</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>AESOP</p><p><b><i>Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae elegantissimis iconibus illustratae. Cum latina versione graeco textui adiuncta. Accesserunt et huic editioni vltra pracedentes icones quae in vita Aesopi desiderabantur. Adiectae sunt diuersorum fabulae nec non opuscula quae in sequenti pagina videre est.</i></b></p><p>Lugduni: Sumptibus I. Iullieron. M. DCIX 1609</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 427 5</p><p>o Signatures: a-z⸠2A-2Dâ¸</p><p>· References: BMC 12304.a.8</p><p>· Language: Latin / Greek in parallel</p><p>· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~5in X 3in 13cm x 8cm </p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>7836</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> Sumptibus I. Iullieron hardcover
1623ABC_45188Paris: Jean Libert 1623. Contemporary French gold-tooled calf sewn on 2 supports each board with the coat-of-arms of Henri de La Tour 1555-1623 Duc de Bouillon and Prince of Sedan who married the daughter of William the Silent founding father of the Dutch Republic with a French Ducal crown the whole in a wreath of 2 laurel branches with berries the flat spine divided into 4 fields each with a central decoration gilt edges. Marbled paste-downs fine-toothed combed pattern in red blue and white. 16mo. With a woodcut decoration on the title-page and woodcut decorated initials in the text. Very rare 24º edition of 150 prose fables by Aesop and 43 verse fables by Babrius here called Gabrius in Greek and Latin on facing pages remotely based on the text of the illustrated humanistic editions published by Jean de Tournes in Lyons. While the existence of Aesop ca. 620-ca. 584 BCE as a story teller is attested in many early sources the canon that appears under his name contains fables passed down orally and rendered in literary form by many authors over the centuries. Babrius wrote verse fables shortly before 200 CE that were later rendered in Greek prose and added to the Aesop canon. Although the title-page indicates that the fables are illustrated the present edition never contains woodcuts: Libert apparently copied his title from one of the illustrated editions. He does include Maximus Planudess extensive account of Aesops life preceding the fables. Although the earliest European marbled papers appear to have been made in or around southern Germany they were not combed. Wolfe notes that the French first used marbled paper for bookbindings and the present paste-downs closely resemble his earliest example of combed marbled paper. The arms on the binding are quartered with an inescutcheon. The Counts of Auvergne had born the quartered arms of La Tour and the Counts of Auvergne with the inescutcheon of the Counts of Boulogne since 1389. With the Counts of Boulogne extinct the arms passed to another branch of the family descending to Henri de La Tour 1555-1623 who took the title Duc de Bouillon by marriage in 1591 and later inherited the title Vicomte de Turenne from his father. In 1595 he married Elisabeth van Oranje Nassau daughter of William the Silent 1533-1584. Their second son was the famous Marshal Turenne 1611-1675. Early owners inscription on title-page in ink. Lacking the last leaf of the index title-page cut short at the head not affecting the text and a small worm hole in the second half sometime affecting a letter in the first line but otherwise in good condition. Binding rubbed not affecting the arms and backstrip worn a few small chips and holes and hinges cracked.l KVK & WorldCat 2 or 3 copies; cf. Bodemann 29.2 similar 1570 De Tournes ed. Jean Libert, unknown
1607009842Lugduni : Apud Petrum Rigaud 1607. Book. Very Good. Leather. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 412 pps. 3 leafs. 4 1/2" h x 3" w. Title page portrait of Aesop woodcut illustrations in text. "Gabriae Graeci Fabellae XLIII. Batrachomyomachia Homeri hoc est ranarum et murium pugna. Galeomyomachia hoc est felium et murium pugna tragoedia Graeca". Bound in contemporary leather Very Good top cover nearly detached light pencil notations at paste downs. Text in Greek and Latin in opposing columns or pages. SCARCE OCLC locates only the ST GALLER BIBLIOTHEKSNETZ in Switzerland with a copy. Apud Petrum Rigaud Hardcover
1661003051On Venezia, per Francesco ****, 1661
160275949Jean Moretus Ex officina plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum | Anvers 1602 | 8.20 x 12.60 cm | relié
160727184Antverpiae [Anvers / Antwerpen], ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607 - Antverpiae, ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607 - Antverpiae, ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607. 3 ouvrages reliés en un volume au format in-16 (133 x 92 mm) de 351 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 90 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau glacé blond, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, roulette dorée sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, filet en pointillés dorés en tête et queue, titre doré, tranches rouges.
1607271841607. Antverpiae Anvers / Antwerpen ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607 - Antverpiae ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607 - Antverpiae ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607. 3 ouvrages reliÂŽs en un volume au format in-16 133 x 92 mm de 351 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 90 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ blond double filet dorÂŽ encadrant les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid roulette dorÂŽe sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs en tÂte et queue titre dorÂŽ tranches rouges. RÂŽunion - en un volume - de trois ouvrages rares sortis des presses de Christophe Plantin et Jean Moretus. L'Officina Plantiniana est considÂŽrÂŽe comme l'entreprise d'ÂŽdition et d'imprimerie la plus importante qui ait jamais ÂŽtÂŽ ÂŽtablie en Belgique. Vignette au ''Compas d'or'' en page de titre troisiÂme et derniÂre marque qu'utilisa l'imprimeur. Lequel - ˆ lÕinstar de Robert Estienne - exposait devant sa porte ses ÂŽpreuves en promettant une rÂŽcompense ˆ ceux qui y dÂŽcouvriraient quelque faute. ''En raison de ses origines alexandrines Claudien assimile le gožt pour le Ç baroque È de son temps reprÂŽsentÂŽ par exemple par le poÂte Nonnos de Panopolis. PoÂte de cour et mondain c'ÂŽtait aussi un pa•en convaincu. Avec Prudence il est l'un des derniers grands poÂtes latins de l'Empire romain. Les deux ouvrages de Claudien sont ici accompagnÂŽs des notes estimÂŽes de Martin Antonio Del Rio. Graesse II TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 193 - Brunet II Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 88 pour une ÂŽdition de 1602. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Petites altÂŽrations superficielles ÂŽparses affectant par ailleurs la reliure. Papier oxydÂŽ prÂŽsentant en outre de claires rousseurs. Infime manque en marge infÂŽrieure d'un feuillet. Nonobstant ensemble en belle condition. b42961 unknown
160275949Anvers Antwerp: Jean MoretusEx officina plantiniana apud Ioannem Moretum 1602. Fine. Jean Moretus Ex officina plantiniana apud Ioannem Moretum Anvers Antwerp 1602 8.20 x 12.60 cm relié New Plantin press editions in portable format of these three works. Ruled throughout in red ink. Copy with the arms of Nicolas de Villars clerical councillor at the Parlement of Paris and treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle later bishop of Agen. Contemporary full soft brown morocco a fanfare binding with the rare Duodo-type decoration: smooth spine gilt with six medallions each containing a flower gilt foliage border covers fully gilt with 24 medallions some emblematic sun heart acorn bouquet sheaf of wheat arms stamped in the centre edges gilt. Discreet restorations to joints corners and headcaps; upper and lower borders with minor wear to leather 0.5 cm; lacking ties; pinhole at head of spine. From the first title-leaf a wormhole in the lower margin extending through to the final leaves of the Fables of Aesop gradually diminishing. A magnificent copy of the utmost rarity. The singular decoration of this style of binding representing one of the pinnacles of the art of French bookbinding is today identified as Duodo after Pierre Duodo Venetian ambassador to Paris from 1594 to 1597. About 150 small volumes were uniformly bound for a portable library only part now known probably towards the end of his stay. It is unlikely he ever enjoyed these treasures which fell into oblivion for nearly two centuries. When they reappeared on the English market at the end of the eighteenth century they were mistakenly attributed to Marguerite de Valois an error that persisted until the 1920s. Although the name Duodo remains attached to this style of decoration another great collector commissioned similar bindings: Nicolas de Villars bishop of Agen. Duodos bindings are now well identified while those of Nicolas de Villars are considerably rarer on the market. While the spine here is very close to the Duodo examples with flowers and foliage borders though in a finer and denser design the covers show 24 medallions compared to only 14 on Duodo bindings and the tools employed are not limited to floral motifs but include a variety of emblems such as the sun and the heart. Jean MoretusEx officina plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum hardcover
1690034148Amsterdam: Antoins Michils 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo. The very rare first edition; pp. 3-14 15-360 9. Title page printed in red and black preface Esope in Belle Humeur printed in red and black La Vie D'Esope The life of Aesop; Censure de L'Ordinaire. Numerous woodcut vignette illustrations in the text plus head and tail pieces the first vignette to the La Vie D'Esope page shows Aesop dancing between apes playing stringed instruments and in the background his murder is depicted. There is no frontispiece plate in this copy but otherwise complete. Later Victorian full mottled sheep binding with burgundy title label to the spine; binding very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight; a little edge-wear to the title page which has a small old paper repair to the base a few pages with short edge-tears. A very good copy of the scarce first edition. Antoins Michils Hardcover
1689044668Paris: Pierre Aubouyn Pierre Emery et Charles Clouzier. Printed By Laurent Rondet 1689. In French. Worn. New edition title page dated 1689. Beautifully illustrated includes 139 fables each with the written fable on the left hand page and a wood engraving on the right with the moral below. Full brown leather frontis 12 279p two page colophon errata 1 page advertisement. Rear cover and rear free endpaper detached covers work spine dried but stabilized front hinge cracked front free endpaper and frontis loosened but not detached pages lightly age-toned but clean old dampstain to lower inner margins of first 100 pages and then again toward the end of the book not affecting printed areas different bookplates on either side of front free endpaper second one is from E. Coster Wilmerding name of Richard Creed Paris 1700 inside front cover with an 1814 notation that the book belonged to Richard Creed who was slain at the Battle of Blenheim and was being presented to Miss Katherine Simcoe signed Wililam Walcot names may actually be different that is what we could make out from the handwriting. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pierre Aubouyn, Pierre Emery et Charles Clouzier. Printed By Laurent Rondet Hardcover
16051704209Tornaesium 1605. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good early 1605 edition of Aesop's Fables. In protective case. Tornaesium hardcover
16051704209Tornaesium 1605. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good early 1605 edition of Aesop's Fables. In protective case. Tornaesium hardcover books
1692049<b>Folio 8-1/2 by 13 inches contemporary full brown calf Skillfully rebacked with blind-stamped spine raised bands red morocco spine label. First edition of former censor Roger L Estrange s classic version of Aesop s Fables with copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of L Estrange and fine copperplate frontispiece of Aesop. In 1690 John Locke was the first to suggest Aesop as a beginning book for children. Shortly thereafter Tory pamphleteer and onetime Surveyor of the Press Roger L Estrange was commissioned to produce this edition of fables likely the first compiled expressly for children. He included many other fabulists besides Aesop notably a selection from La Fontaine within 20 years of the first appearance of any of his fables in French. It is highly probable that this was their earliest appearance in English Muir 24. Simple and somewhat racy in style L Estrange s edition was continuously reprinted helping to popularize both Aesop and the genre of fables among children. The most extensive collection of fables in existence this compilation also includes a biography of Aesop an alphabetical table of the fables and fables by Barlandus Anianus Abstemius Poggius and La Fontaine DNB. Wing A706. Hodnett Aesop in England 63. A very attractive copy. </b> R. Sare, et al. hardcover
16991345219London: printed for R. Sare B. Took M. Gillyflower A. & J. Churchil G. Sawbridge and H. Hindmarsh 1699. Third Edition. Hardcover. Folio 12 28 8 476 pages; VG-. Bound by Jon Robbins in modern period style calf. Spine lightly sun-faded. With frontis. portrait pi1v; Includes indices. Minor physical damage to middle of fore edge of text block going in approximately 1/8 inch at most does not impact text. Archival repair to portrait and frontispiece minimal loss to edges. Marginalia to c5. small piece missing from upper fore corner of X1 closed tear to middle of Tt1 small tidemark to upper fore corner of Zz4 small open tear to upper edge of Aaa3.<br /> <br /> <p>JR Consignment. Shelved Room A Oversize.<br /> <br /> <p>Oversized items. Will require additional postage for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller for additional information. Lacking part 2. Wing A709.; Includes fables by Barlandus Avianus Abstemius Poggius and others;. 1345219. Special Collections. printed for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, G. Sawbridge, and H. Hindmarsh hardcover
1632F6HD0MAV59JYLeiden 1632. 8vo. Joannes Maire Contemporary vellum sewn at three stations but with 2 tanned leather thongs laced through the joints each board with a panel stamp 59 x 50 mm of the Amersfoort coat of arms in a circular laurel wreath in a rectangle with winged angel heads in each corner in a frame of double filets. Most endpapers later. With Maire's woodcut "fac et spera" device on title-page Breugelmans Maire device 10 47 woodcut illustrations 5 x 6.5 cm by Christoffel van Sichem II in the text and 3 woodcut decorated initials 2 series. Set in Greek and roman types with extensive italic. 158 2 pp. Rare second edition one of three dated "1632" of a popular Greek and Latin school book edited by the famous Dutch neo-Latin poet humanist and Leiden Professor of Greek Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655 with 47 beautiful woodcut illustrations by Christoffel van Sichem II. Aesop's fables were prescribed by the States of Holland in the Hollandsche schoolordre of 1625 as one of the books to be read in the 3rd class. Christoffel van Sichem II ca. 1577-1658 the second of several woodcut artists in that family studied with Jacques de Gheyn and was one of the leading Dutch book illustrators in the first half of the 17th century. Although the book has no prize certificate or inscription and no owner's name the coat-of-arms of the city of Amersfoort on the binding of a school book strongly suggests a prize binding for a student at the Amersfoort Latin school. With an occasional contemporary manuscript note in Greek and Latin. With a small dark stain in the lower inside corner of the foot margin of many leaves not approaching the text and with very slight browning throughout but still in good condition. The vellum of the binding is dirty and slightly rubbed but also good.l Landwehr Emblem & fable books F025 2 copies; Hollstein XXVII Van Sichem II 31; for the panel-stamp: Spoelder Prijsboeken Amersfoort 1. hardcover
16571334141Londini London: ex officina Rogeri Danielis 1657. Hardcover. 12mo. 8 246 VG-; bound in early full cloth plain spine; moderate wear and rubbing to boards some worming to both boards bumping to corners; ; greek handwriting to front pastedown front and rear endpapers; ex-library with markings to recto of title page; embossed stamp to title page page 99; small ink stains to pages 88/89; lacking last black leaf; Latin and Greek on facing pages;<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> scarce; AG consignment; shelved case 3. ESTC: R20664 <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Per ESTC "The battle of the frogs and mice" is erroneously attributed to Homer.;. 1334141. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. ex officina Rogeri Danielis hardcover
1699ABC_45393Utrecht: widow of Jurriaen Poolsom 1699. Marbled wrappers. Small 8vo. With woodcut of a wolf sitting next to a tree 3.5 x 6 cm on the title page and 47 woodcuts in the text ca. 5 x 6 cm. Rare Greek and Latin school edition of Aesop with the same contents and 47 woodcuts as the 1685 edition published by Jurriaen Poolsum in Utrecht Bodemann 65.4 one of the many editions based on the original Heinsius school edition of 1626 published by Johannes Maire in Leiden with a woodcut series by Christoffel van Sichem II ca. 1577-1658. Landwehr counts 15 editions between 1626 and 1727. The unsigned woodcuts in the present edition closely follow the Van Sichem series.The Aesop fables are printed in two columns with the Greek left and Latin right prose texts; Avianuss Latin verse rendition of the fables follows in one column. The added Brachomyomachia or Ranarum & murium pugna a spoof of Homer here attributed to him as in many early editions gives the Greek verse text left and Latin verse translation right on facing pages illustrated with 6 woodcuts.First quire loose part of the last leaf torn out.l Fabula docet 16 p. 99; Landwehr Emblem & fable books F025 cf. p. 312; STCN 2 copies; cf. Bodemann 65.1-5 related eds. widow of Jurriaen Poolsom, unknown
1653000384Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium 1653. Period Calf. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium 1653 dated in apostrophic Roman numerals. Engravings. 12mo; full calf with some tooling see scan. Accompanied by two simple later handmade paper protective jackets. Rubbed soiling shelfwear; binding broken exposing interior of spine. Two previous owner's inscriptions on ffep Josephus Stephani Dedit Hosepho de Villis 1675; Matt Kenrid 1748. Fair to About Good. See scans. Also: 'Eae item quas Avienus carmine espresit. Accedit Ranarum & Murium Pugna Homero olim ascripta. Cum elegantisimis in utroque libello Figuris & utriusque Interpretatione plurimus in Iocisemendata. Exdecreto D.D. Hollandae Ordinum in ufum Scholarum.' Rare 17th century specimen of Aesop's fables published by 17th Century Amsterdam publisher Joannem Janssonium. Fables here presented in Greek and Latin on opposing pages with engraving illustrations. Fragile and precious example no doubt one for the children of the time judging from the illustrations. See scans. L51 <br/> <br/> Joannem Janssonium unknown
