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The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture

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The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture

By John Ogilby


OF WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, who engraved many of the plates in Ogilby's Aesop. Václav Hollar (Czech pronunciation; 13 July 1607 – 25 March 1677), was a Bohemian etcher, known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar. He was born in Prague, and died in London, being …

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Early Modern17th CenturyCommonwealthInterregnumAesopFablesEnglish LiteratureEnglish PoetryLiteraturePoetryFrancis BarlowFrancis CleynWenceslaus HollarDirk StoopGreek OriginalEnglish TranslationFirst EditionsCanonical First EditionsAppleby Castle Library


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