ISBN:
9780772725042
Language:
English
Pages:
579 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Additional Information:
Paraphrase von Aesopus, ca. v6. Jh. The fables of Æsop
Series Statement:
Tudor and Stuart texts 6
Series Statement:
Tudor and Stuart texts
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.24/52
Keywords:
Aesopus
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Ogilby, John
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Cleyn, Franz
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Geschichte 1651
;
Illustration
;
England
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Aesop's fables / Translations into English
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Fables, Greek / Adaptations
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Fables, Latin / Adaptations
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Aesop's fables
;
Fables, Greek
;
Fables, Latin
;
Adaptations
;
Translations
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Ogilby, John 1600-1676
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Aesopus ca. v6. Jh. Fabulae
;
Geschichte 1651
;
Cleyn, Franz 1582-1658
;
Aesopus ca. v6. Jh. Fabulae
;
Illustration
;
Geschichte 1651
;
England
;
Illustration
;
Geschichte 1651
Abstract:
"Aesop’s fables of the beasts have been adapted to the respective ages through which they passed, from antiquity to the present. This is no less true of the fables graced and amplified by the inimitable John Ogilby. He imaginatively elaborated them in the verse styles of the Cavalier poets of the early seventeenth century and first published them in 1651 - a time in English political history when society was divided between the retreating Royalists, among whom Ogilby counted himself, and the victorious Parliamentarians. Ogilby, with discretion, could not resist reading the more political of the fables according to the troubling circumstances of the times. Yet they remain the familiar fables known and loved, accompanied by full page copper-plate etchings by the master designer and draftsman Francis Cleyn. This collection signals an important moment in the history of the illustrated English book, making it a treat for readers with its nearly equal collaboration between poet and artist. It is also a full scholarly edition with a critical and historical introduction, glosses, and a double set of annotations."
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