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Fables of Aesop and others. Newly done into English. With an Application to each Fable. Illustrated with Cutts.
Woodcuts by: Unidentified artist, English, 18th century
Copied after: Sébastien Leclerc (French, 1637–1714)
Etched by: Gerard van der Gucht (English, 1696–1776)
Author: Aesop
Publisher: Jacob Tonson (English, 1656?–1736)
Publisher: John Watts (English, died in 1763)
Copied after: Sébastien Leclerc (French, 1637–1714)
Etched by: Gerard van der Gucht (English, 1696–1776)
Author: Aesop
Publisher: Jacob Tonson (English, 1656?–1736)
Publisher: John Watts (English, died in 1763)
1722
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with an etched frontispiece and numerous woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 19.7 x 12.7 x 3 cm (7 3/4 x 5 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: Jacob Tonson and John Watts, 1722
Description(London: Jacob Tonson and John Watts, 1722) Octavo; 199 leaves, plus frontispiece; nineteenth[?]-century gilt-stamped speckled brown calf.
Frontispiece with statue of Aesop; illustrations to fables.
Frontispiece with statue of Aesop; illustrations to fables.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1922 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.