Barlow 1687 Hand-Painted Leaves

Title

Barlow 1687 Hand-Painted Leaves

Description

1687 Eight hand-painted leaves from Francis Barlow’s “Aesop’s Fables with his Life,” second edition. $400 from girlbookseller75 on Ebay, June, ’25.

These are exquisitely painted leaves! I look forward to showing them off together with our first edition Barlow from 1666. My two favorites among them are DS and “The Eagle and the Crow.” And I love the face of the old woman looking out the window as the two girls kill the cock. Notice the error on 213. The page’s title is “The Stag Looking into the Water.” That fits with the Latin text and moral, which were presumably printed together with the page’s title. But the illustration is for a different fable, “The Master’s Eye,” about a stag hiding in a stall and eluding notice until the master enters the barn. The English text, printed with the illustration, is the correct one for “The Master’s Eye.” Several of the illustrations are printed slightly askew on the page. Beautiful work!

Date

1687

Source

$400 from girlbookseller75 on Ebay, June, ’25.

Subject

Printed Materials See all items with this value

Separated Book pages See all items with this value

The Doves and the Hawk See all items with this value

The Dog and the Shadow See all items with this value

The Eagle and the Crow See all items with this value

The Eye of the Master See all items with this value

The Geese in the Field See all items with this value

The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox See all items with this value

The Lion's Share See all items with this value

The Old Woman and the Maids See all items with this value