1502
Ogilby's Aesop, 1668, illustrated by W. Hollar
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold
$1,500
Live Auction
January 27th, 2024 Gallery Auction l Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Fine Rugs
Category
Description
John Ogilby, trans., THE FABLES OF AESOP, PARAPHRASED IN VERSE, illus. by Wenceslaus Hollar 2nd ed. (London: Thomas Roycroft, for the Author, 1668) With engraved allegorical frontispiece and 81 other plates, illustrating each fable; folio, later red cloth. (The first folio edition had a portrait of Ogilby as frontispiece; a sequel, AESOPICA, was also published in 1668.)
Condition
Paper toning, with occasional wear and mending of pages; the binding with edge wear
Provenance
Early owner's signature, "Edward Osborn," on title page.
