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Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V

1701
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Object Information
  • Title: Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V
  • Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
  • Author: Phaedrus (Roman, active early 1st century CE)
  • Publisher: François Halma
  • Artist: Copyist P. Boutats
  • Artist: After Jan Goeree (Dutch, Middelburg 1670–1731 Amsterdam)
  • Artist: Copyist Pieter van Gunst (Dutch, Amsterdam 1659–1724)
  • Artist: After Bernard Vaillant (Dutch, Lille 1632–1698 Leyden)
  • Artist: After Jan van Vianen (Dutch, 1660–1726)
  • Published in: Amsterdam
  • Date: 1701
  • Medium: Etchings and engravings
  • Dimensions: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (28.3 × 22.3 × 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.576.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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