The fables of Esop : in English : with all his life and fortune, how hee was subtill, wise and born in Greece not far from Troy the great, in a towne named Amonio ... : whereunto are added the Fables of Avian : and also the Fable of Alphonce, with the Fables of Poge the Florentine, very pleasant to be read.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aesop.

Series:

Early English books online

Standardized Title:

Aesop's fables. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages, 8 unnumbered pages)

Other Title:

Fables of Æsop.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by F.R. for Andrew Hebb ..., 1647.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Imperfect: title page stained. Title page through page 11 from defective Harvard University Library copy spliced at end.

"He was of all other men most deformed and evill shapen : for he had a great head, a larg visage, long jawes, sharp eyes, a short necke, crooke-backed, great belly, great legs, larg feet, : and yet that which was worse he was dumb and could not speake, but notwithstanding this, he had a singular wit and was very ingenious and subtill in cavillations and pleasant in words after he came to his spe[e]ch."

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1453:4) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing A687.

OCLC:

11385667

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