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[Life of Aesop: Aesop convicting his fellow servants of having eaten the figs.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop convicting his fellow servants of having eaten the figs.] [So thrive false witnesses...]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop, having beeen accused of eating his master's figs, has vomited to show he had eaten nothing, then insists his accusers do the same, proving their guilt. Plate 1 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life" (1687), to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.235, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48708]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop resolving the gardener's problem.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop resolving the gardener's problem.] [No more you learned fops...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
A gardener asks of Xanthus why his cultivated herbs did not grow as well as wild ones. Aesop replied that Mother Nature regarded them as step-children rather than her own. Plate 7 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life" (1687), to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.241, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48712]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop ordered by Xanthus to take a dish to her that loves him best.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop ordered by Xanthus to take a dish to her that loves him best.] [A Wife, or Dog, as certaine reasons prove...]
Tho: Dudley fecit 1678 [after Francis Barlow].
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Xanthus, Aesop's master, hands a dish of meat to Aesop, expecting him to give it to his wife. However Aesop gives in to a dog, seen in the background. Top right are musicians in a gallery Plate 8 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.243, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48699]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop serving tongues.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop serving tongues.] [The maryed men afronted at the jest...]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop, ordered to serve a dinner of the best, serves up tongues at every course to Xanthus and his guests. When confronted, Aesop replies ''What excels the tongue? It is the great channel of learning and philosophy''. Plate 10 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life" (1687), to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.252, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48715]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop taken to prison.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop taken to prison.] [How vaine are mens designes...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Having found treasure for Xanthus, Xanthus still orders Aesop to be imprisoned. Aesop complains of the bad faith and is released. Plate 14 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life" (1687), to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.247, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48710]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Beaten by Xanthus.] [Philosophers like Fortune-tellers thrive,
[Life of Aesop: Beaten by Xanthus.] [Philosophers like Fortune-tellers thrive, / Those by false notions, these false flateries live, / And those as oft true vertue do mistake, / As these false auguries, and predictions make.]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 200 x 165mm (8 x 6½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop as a slave on Samos, being beaten by his owner Xanthus for saying he had seen two crows, when only one was in sight. Plate 16 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.249, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48698]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop interpreting an inscription on a tomb, thereby discovering a treasure.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop interpreting an inscription on a tomb, thereby discovering a treasure.] [How poore is man whom sordid interest sways...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop agrees to decypher an inscription and find the treasure in return for his freedom. After he digs it up, Xanthus reneges, but Aesop tricks him into giving Aesop half the trove. Plate 19 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.250, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48704]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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[Life of Aesop: Aesop interpreting to the Samians the portent of the eagle and the public ring.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop interpreting to the Samians the portent of the eagle and the public ring.] [In vaine the learned do their knowledge boast...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop agrees to decypher a portent and, in doing so, forces his master Xanthus to give him his freedom. Plate 20 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life" (1687), to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.251, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48709]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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[Life of Aesop: Aesop kneeling before king Croesus.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop kneeling before king Croesus.] [Of all the graces, Heaven in man designd...]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop negotiates with Croesus to prevent war between Lydia and Samos. Plate 21 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life" (1687), to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.252, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48714]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop welcomed on his return to Samos from the court of Lydia.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop welcomed on his return to Samos from the court of Lydia.] [When eloquence the stubborn powers assailes...]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, small tear, mounted on album paper.
Aesop, having negotiated peace with his former master Xanthus of Lydia, steps off a boat with an olive branch in his hand, and is welcomed by the rulers of Samos, with a band of horns and trumpets. Plate 22 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.259, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48707]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop falsely accused by Eunus, his adopted son.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop falsely accused by Eunus, his adopted son.] [To what vast heights had Aesop's glory run...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Eunus had forged letters, apparently from Aesop offering his services to foreign kings. Aesop is condemned to death and Ennus is given Aesop's estates as a reward. Plate 23 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.241, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48713]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop in the sepulchre fed by Hermippus.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop in the sepulchre fed by Hermippus.] [So pitied falls the innocent accused...]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Eunus, Aesop's adopted son, forged papers that inplicated Aesop in treason. King Lycerus ordered Hermippus to put Aesop to death, but instead he hid Aesop until he was reprieved. Plate 24 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.255, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48701]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Eunus confronted by Aesop.]
[Life of Aesop: Eunus confronted by Aesop.] [Ungrateful Eunus how could you betray...]
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Eunus, Aesop's adopted son, forged papers that inplicated Aesop in treason. When Aesop is vindicated, Ennus is condemned to death, but Aesop intercedes oh his behalf and re-adopts him. However, shamed, Eunus can be seen flinging himself from a cliff behind. Plate 26 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.257, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48700]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop with King Nectenabo, king of Egypt.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop with King Nectenabo, king of Egypt.] [How vaine are mens designes...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Nectenabo challenged Xanthus to build a tower that touches neither earth nor heaven. Aesop trains eagles to carry children in baskets, travels to Egypt and tells Nectenabo they are the workmen for the tower and requests Nectenabo send the building materials to them. Nectenabo replies he has no men that can fly and admits defeat. Plate 27 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.258, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48711]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: the death of Aesop.]
[Life of Aesop: the death of Aesop.] [Reader reflect upon this scene of woe...]
T D [Thomas Dudley] fecit [after Francis Barlow].
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop, on a diplomatic mission to Delphi from King Croesus of Lydia, was sentenced to death on a trumped-up charge of temple theft, and is thrown from a cliff. Plate 30 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.259, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48706]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop bought by the philosopher Xanthus.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop bought by the philosopher Xanthus.] [How poore's the price...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Aesop bought in a slave market. Plate 5 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.239, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48702]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Life of Aesop: Aesop passing the house of the father of Xanthus's wife.]
[Life of Aesop: Aesop passing the house of the father of Xanthus's wife.] [Insulting women while their slaves obey...]
Tho: Dudley fecit [after Francis Barlow.]
[Amsterdam: Etiènne Roger, 1714.]
Proof etching. Sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½") Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper. Letterpress overprinting.
Having caused Xanthus's wife to leave him, Aesop stands outside her father's house telling a servant that Xanthus would be celebrating his second marriage the following day, the wife listening. She soon rushed home. Plate 9 of thirty-one illustrations added to the second edition of Barlow's "Æsop's Fables, With His Life", to illustrate the translation of Planudes's Life of Aesop, which was unillustrated in the first edition of 1666. This example comes from an Amsterdam edition, 'Les Fables d'Esope', with the printing plate trimmed down. All of the plates were designed by Barlow: they were etched c.1678-9, only five by Barlow; the rest, including this one, by Thomas Dudley. Originally the plate extended down with a title verse (possibly written by Aphra Behn, who wrote new verses for the fables), but for this non-English edition the verse was trimmed off and new borders engraved. Little is known of Dudley: on one plate of this series he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar; and in 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter. He etched some portraits but these prints after Barlow are his most important work.
BM: 1871,0812.242, described as a proof state.
[Ref: 48703]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Philosophers like Fortune-tellers thrive,
Philosophers like Fortune-tellers thrive, / Those by false notions, these false flateries live, / And those as oft true vertue do mistake, / As these false auguries, and predictions make.
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[London, 1687.]
Etching. Sheet 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
Aesop being beaten by Xanthus for saying he had seen two crows, when only one was in sight. One of thirty-two illustrations to the 2nd edition of 1687 of Barlow's Aesop, showing scenes from his life. Aesop began life as a slave in Samos, owned by Xanthus.
[Ref: 40312]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Aesop welcomed on his return to Samos]
[Aesop welcomed on his return to Samos] When Eloquence the stuborne powers assailes, / It oft beyond dull brutall force prevailes [...]
[Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow, 1678/9]
Etching, platemark approx. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
One of thirty-two illustrations to the second (1687) edition of Francis Barlow's Aesop, showing scenes from the life of the Greek storyteller. All of the plates were designed by Barlow but only five were etched by him. The rest, including this one, were etched by Thomas Dudley (1678-9, fl.). Little is known of Dudley- he signed himself as a student of Wenceslaus Hollar in one print and while he etched some portraits, his prints after Barlow are his most important work. In 1679 he went to Lisbon, where he is known to have made further prints, and he is not supposed to have returned to England thereafter.
[Ref: 47305]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Part of frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature']
[Part of frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature']
[Ric. Gaywood Sculp]
[1660]
Etching, 65 x 160mm. 2½ x 6¼". Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Top part of the frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature, being the Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy ... First designed by John Wecker ... and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr R. Read' (London, Simon Miller, 1660). Shows portraits of Saint Alberto Magnus and Alexis of Piedmont, author of 'The secretes of the Reuerende Maister Alexis of Piedmont containing excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidentes, with the maner to make distillations, parfumes [...]' (1592).
BM 1884,1213.36 (full frontispiece)
[Ref: 15827]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Diversæ Avium Species Studiosissime ad Vitam delineatæ Per Fra: Barlow Insignissim: Anglum Pictorem.
Diversæ Avium Species Studiosissime ad Vitam delineatæ Per Fra: Barlow Insignissim: Anglum Pictorem.
H. Terasson Fecit London [in cartouche.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1755.]
Etching; 18th century watermark. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"). Creasing; small margins.
A cartouche with three birds, one in flight, with trees and church in background, and a dovecote on the left. Pencil drawing of a man verso. Plate 9 of an edition of Francis Barlow's 'Various Birds' published c.1755.
[Ref: 48157]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Royal Coat of Arms]
[Royal Coat of Arms] Carolo Dei Gratia Fidei Defensori Anno Restaurato DDD CLVIIIII
R. Gaywood fecit [1660]
Etching, sheet 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Text and tomb of Charles I verso.
Illustration from 'The Sphere of Gentry' (1661) by the herald-painter Sylvanus Morgan. Although not credited here, the painter and etcher Francis Barlow (d.1704) is known to have worked on designs for the book's illustrations. British Museum cataloguing states that Barlow's hand is visible in the rendering of the lion and unicorn in this print.
[Ref: 42828]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hens attacked by an eagle.]
[Hens attacked by an eagle.]
Fra; Barlow delin. Fra: Place fecit.
P.Tempest Excud. [n.d., engraved c.1680 but 18th century impression.]
Etching. 140 x 185mm (5½ x 7¼"), 18th century watermark very large margins. Paper lightly toned.
An eagle swooping down into a farmyard. The print was orginally published in Francis Barlow's ''Multae et diversae avium species variis formis et pernaturalibus figuris per Fra. Barlow Anglum''. This later state has the pagination '5.c.' bottom left.
BM 1835,0711.2.
[Ref: 44091]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Cock.]
[The Cock.]
F. Barlow pinxit. W. Hollar sculp.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', showing a cock standing on one leg, two hens and six chicks.
Pennington 2128, only state.
[Ref: 63602]   £320.00  
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[A farmyard with chickens and pig.]
[A farmyard with chickens and pig.]
Fra: Barlow delin. Fra: Place fecit.
P.Tempest Excud. [n.d., engraved c.1680 but 18th century impression.]
Etching. 135 x 180mm (5¼ x 7"), very large margins. Paper lightly toned.
A cockeral, hens & chickens, a pig's head poking out from a sty. The print was orginally published in Francis Barlow's ''Multae et diversae avium species variis formis et pernaturalibus figuris per Fra. Barlow Anglum''. This later state has the pagination '4.c.' bottom left.
[Ref: 44166]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, France and Ireland,
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, and the Territories Thereunto Belonging.
Engrav'd by Cha.s Turner, from the celebrated print by W. Faithorne.
London: Published by S. Woodburn, 112, St Martin's Lane [n.d, 1816.]
Mezzotint. 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½") very large margins. Staining at top.
A full-length portrait of Oliver Cromwell after Francis Barlow, in armour, surrounded by allegorical detail. The title of William Faithorne's original engraving, published in 1658, is within the image: 'The Embleme of Englands Distractions As also of her attained, and further expected Freedome & Happiness'. Published in 'Fifteen Splendid Portraits of Royal Personages'.
Ex. collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40267]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Diversæ Avium Species studiossime ad vitam delineatæ Per Fra: Barlow Insignissimi: Anglum Pictorem.
Diversæ Avium Species studiossime ad vitam delineatæ Per Fra: Barlow Insignissimi: Anglum Pictorem.
F Barlow Invent. R. Gaywood fecit.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
The title page to Barlow's series 'Diversae avium species', one of the few plates not etched by Wenceslaus Hollar. The title is on a banner held up by two eagles.
[Ref: 64309]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Dogs and cats in a yard.]
[Dogs and cats in a yard.]
[Richard Gaywood.]
[British, n.d., c.1680.]
Etching, 140 x 210mm. 5½ x 8¼".
A greyhound and spaniel looking up at two squirrels in a tree upper right; two cats lower right, a mastiff chained to a thatched building at left, and a forth dog sitting at centre of composition. From a series of plates showing groups of animals, numbered '10' lower right. The composition derives from Francis Barlow's drawing of three dogs and two cats, which was etched in reverse by Gaywood for 'Variae quadrupedum species'. Gaywood modified this design, including another dog at bottom centre and another cat at lower right, and has removed one of the original cats and added the tree with squirrels in the background. This appears to be a reissue of his plate, with the number and a 'Y' added (upper right).
[Ref: 19465]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Eight doves.]
[Eight doves.]
F. Barlow delin. W.m Hollar fec.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin
Doves in a farmyard, a cot in the background, an untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species'.
Pennington 2125, first state of two.
[Ref: 63596]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Nine Ducks.]
[Nine Ducks.]
Barlow inv. Hollar fec.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
Five ducks in a pool, two standing and one lying on the bank, and one in the air. An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species'.
Pennington 2143, first state of two.
[Ref: 63609]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[An eagle flying holding a chick in its talons.]
[An eagle flying holding a chick in its talons.]
Fra; Barlow delin. Fra: Place fecit.
P.Tempest Excud. [n.d., engraved c.1680 but 18th century impression.]
Etching. 140 x 185mm (5½ x 7¼"), 18th century watermark. Paper lightly toned, small margins trimmed.
An eagle fyling over buildings, taking a bite from the captured chick. The print was orginally published in Francis Barlow's ''Multae et diversae avium species variis formis et pernaturalibus figuris per Fra. Barlow Anglum''. This later state has the pagination '10.c.' bottom left.
BM 1850,0223.865.
[Ref: 44092]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hawks and Owls.]
[Hawks and Owls.]
[Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar after Francis Barlow]
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching. 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
The interior of a mews, with a large owl with a weasle in its claws, a small owl on a tether and two hawks on a perch, one hooded. An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species'.
Pennington 2133, only state.
[Ref: 63605]   £320.00  
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[Heron and cormarants.]
[Heron and cormarants.]
[Etched by Hollar after Francis Barlow?]
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
A heron standing in a river, with two cormorants (one eating a fish) and two swifts above. An untitled and unsigned plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', which was mostly etched by Wenceslaus Hollar after Francis Barlow.
Pennington 2139, only state.
[Ref: 63607]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Severall Wayes of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing, Acording to the English Manner. invented by Francis Barlow. Etched by W. Hollar.
Severall Wayes of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing, Acording to the English Manner. invented by Francis Barlow. Etched by W. Hollar. If Hunting, Hawking, Fishing, pleasure yeald, How much may Art excede, as if in Feild, You vew'd each Sport, by figure so exprest, The Severall wayes they take, Fowle, Fish, & Beast.
And are to be Sould by John Overton, at the White Horse, without Newgate, London, A 1671.
Etching. Sheet 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11"). Trimmed into image, old ink mss, tears, toning. Damaged.
Frontispiece to the 1671 publication 'Severall Wayes of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing, Acording to the English Manner', etched by Wenceslaus Hollar.
P 2028 i of ii.
[Ref: 64439]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Kings Burds.
The Kings Burds.
F. Barlow pinx.
I. Smith ex.
Very fine mezzotint, 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Collector's stamp of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges.
A scene showing various animals, including ducks, geese with goslings a plumed bird and a pet monkey reaching up at a long-billed bird perched on a broken column on the left. A squirrel is visible on a tree in the background.
[Ref: 59546]   £420.00  
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[Two Ostriches.]
[Two Ostriches.]
F Barlow Invent. R. Gaywood fecit.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching. 175 x 205mm (7 x 8"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin, tape in top margin. Mark above platemark top centre.
Two ostriches standing before a pyramid, with three parrots in a fruit tree. An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', one of the few not etched by Wenceslaus Hollar.
Pennington 2137, only state.
[Ref: 63606]   £320.00  
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[Peacocks.]
[Peacocks.]
Barlow pinxit. W. Hollar fec.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', showing two cocks (one in full display), a hen and three chicks.
Pennington 2132, first state of two.
[Ref: 63604]   £320.00  
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[Pheasants.]
[Pheasants.]
F. Barlow pinxit. W. Hollar fecit.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', showing a cock and two hens, one perching in a tree.
Pennington 2131, only state.
[Ref: 63603]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ram stood before a flock of sheep]
[Ram stood before a flock of sheep]
F. Barlow delin.
P. Tempest ex. [c.1690] Bit later
Etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 105 x 150mm (4 x 6"). Small margins.
Etching after Francis Barlow (probably by Jan Griffier), from one of the sets of designs after Barlow published by Pierce Tempest between 1680 and 1694. Barlow (c.1626-1704) was one of the finest English printmakers of the seventeenth century, whose work included illustration, political satire, natural history plates and playing cards.
[Ref: 47677]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Spaniel with game birds.]
[Spaniel with game birds.]
F.Barlow delin.
J. Smith excud. [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint, fine. 145 x 200mm (5¾ x 8"). Thread margins.
A hunting dog, seated on a bank watching a bouquet of pheasants feeding in front of it; in the background a man on a horse being led by a groom and a distant landscape beyond a gate.
CLB: state ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 44164]   £420.00  
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[Two Swans.]
[Two Swans.]
F. Barlow pin. W. Hollar fecit.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. 140 x 190mm (5½ x 7½"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
An untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', showing two swans with five swallows overhead.
Pennington 2141, first state of two.
[Ref: 63608]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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