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Fables of Aesop and Others

1722
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fables of Aesop and Others
  • Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
  • Editor: Samuel Croxall (British, baptized Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 1689–1752)
  • Artist: Frontispiece after Vandergucht (British, active 17th–18th century)
  • Publisher: Tonson and Watts (London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1722
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving, woodcut
  • Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 7 11/16 in. (20.5 x 19.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of C. J. Ulmann, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.97
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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