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Ethic Amusements...[with] Aesop at Court; or the Labyrinth at Versailles

1768
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Object Information
  • Title: Ethic Amusements...[with] Aesop at Court; or the Labyrinth at Versailles
  • Author: Daniel Bellamy, the Elder (British, London born 1687)
  • Editor: Daniel Bellamy, the Younger (British, baptised Holborn 1717–1788 Kew Palace)
  • Designer: Frontispiece after Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
  • Engraver: Frontispiece engraved by George Bickham, Sr. (British, London 1684–1758 London)
  • Draftsman: Joshua Kirby (British, Parham, Suffolk 1716–1774 Kew Green, Surrey)
  • Engraver: Charles Grignion, I (British, London baptised 1721–1810 London)
  • Author: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (Italian, Rome (?) 470/75–524 Pavia (?))
  • Translator: William Causton (British, active mid-18th century)
  • Translator: Daniel Bellamy, the Elder (British, London born 1687)
  • Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
  • Artist: George Bickham, Sr. (British, London 1684–1758 London)
  • Engraver: George Bickham, Sr. (British, London 1684–1758 London)
  • Draftsman: Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)
  • Draftsman: Samuel Wale (British, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 1721–1786 London)
  • Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (French, Château de Fénelon, Périgord 1651–1715 Cambrai)
  • Author: M. Le Noble
  • Publisher: Daniel Bellamy, the Elder (British, London born 1687)
  • Printer: Printed London by William Faden, the Elder (British, 1711–1783)
  • Date: 1768
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 8 15/16 x 1 3/4 in. (27.5 x 22.7 x 4.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.637.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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