date published: 1650-1699

Ogilby, Aesop, 1668 (pg. 48)

The blank space on this page decisively separates the fable and its moral.

Ogilby, Aesop, 1668 (pl. 18)

Some previous owner has colored in the illustration corresponding to the fable of the Hound and his Master. Perhaps this story was a favorite––no other print in the book was treated to full color.

Ogilby, Aesop, 1668 (plate 18 verso)

The blank verso of the leaf of a hand-colored intaglio print shows where some of the inks have bleed through.

Philipott, Aesop, 1666 (sig. 2Q2r)

This bilingual edition privileges the Latin text with the majority of page space, but presents the English version in rhyming verse. Along with the intricate engraving, the different modes may have made this book appealing to people of varying levels of schooling.