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Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
Title(s):
The fables of John Dryden : ornamented with engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.
Published/Created:
London : Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards, no. 77, and E. Harding, no. 98, Pall Mall, 1797.
Physical Description:
[4], xviii, 241, [1] p. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PT1829.L4 E57 1809+ Copy 3 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 57 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 57 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3305160
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Cheesman, Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe, and William Nelson Gardiner; after Lady Diana Beauclerc.
Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, II, 438
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), II, 845
English short title catalogue, T128162
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 240
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Large paper copy. The plates are partially printed in color (a la poupée). Bound in gilt-tooled crimson morocco, with gilt edges and brown watered silk endpapers. Armorial bookplate: Hermann Marx. Initials stamped in gilt on verso pastedowns: MCB. Copy 2 has uncolored plates. Bound in gilt-tooled calf. Copy 3 has uncolored illustrations. Bound with: Leonora. Second edition. London, 1809. Bound in gilt-tooled morocco binding.
Subject Terms:
Bensley, T. -- Printer.
Edwards, J. -- Publisher.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1797.
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1797.
Harding, E. -- Publisher.
Marx, Hermann -- Bookplate.
MCB -- Provenance.
Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1797.
Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1797.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1797
A la poupée prints -- England -- London -- 1797.
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313–1375.
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734–1808, ill.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815, engraver.
Berghe, Ignatius Joseph van den, 1752–1824, engraver.
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–, engraver.
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766–1814, engraver.
Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760–1835, printer.
Harding, E. (Edward), 1755–1840, publisher.
Edwards, James, 1756–1816, publisher.
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  • Preface
  • Palamon and Arcite, or, The Knight's tale [from Chaucer]
  • Sigismonda and Guiscardo, from Boccace
  • The cock and the fox, or, The tale of the Nun's Priest, from Chaucer
  • Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace
  • The flower and the leaf, or, The lady in the arbour
  • The Wife of Bath's tale [from Chaucer]
  • Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace.

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