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Add MS 33783
- Record Id:
- 040-002024681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024628
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001443.0x00033c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33783
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(Gr. xlviii.) FABLES Of Æsop, translated into English verse by John Ellis, scrivener (ob. 1790). Paper; ff. 172. With numerous engraved plates by W. Hollar and others, chiefly from John Ogilby's folio edition of Æsop, London, 1665. At f. 3 is a portrait of Ellis engraved by B. Reading (see European Magazine, 1792, vol. xxi. p. 3); and at f. 1 b a portrait of Isaac Reed (who owned the MS. in 1792), after a painting by Romney. Folio.
Wenceslaus Hollar, d 1677 engraver: Illustrations to Æsop's Fables: 17th cent.
Fables: Æsop : in English verse, by J. Ellis: 18th cent.
John Ellis, Scrivener: Æsop's Fables, in English verse: 18th cent.
Art. Engravings, etc: Æsop's Fables, by W. Hollar, etc.: 17th cent.
Aesop: Fables, in English verse by John Ellis: 18th cent.
includes:
- f. 1 b Art. Portraits: Isaac Reed: 18th cent.
- f. 3 Burnet Reading: Engraved portrait of J. Ellis: 18th cent.
- f. 3 Art. Portraits: John Ellis, scrivener: 18th cent: Engr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024628
040-002024681 - Is part of:
- Add MS 33733-33791 : Grenville Manuscripts
Add MS 33783 : (Gr. xlviii.) FABLES Of Æsop, translated into English verse by John Ellis, scrivener (ob. 1790). Paper; ff. 172. With numerous… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002024628[0050]/040-002024681
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 33733-33791
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aesop, 6th century BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120317310,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/64013451
Ellis, John, Scrivener
Hollar, Wenceslaus, engraver, d 1677
Reading, Burnet, of Add MS 33783