The fables of Aesop paraphras'd in verse : adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations
The Fables of Aesop paraphrased in verse is a 1668 London book printed by Thomas Roycroft, with plates by Wenceslaus Hollar, Dirck Stoop and Francis Barlow, made for a general English readership of fable collections. Its engraved plates show Aesopic scenes in outdoor settings with animals and human figures, rendered in fine etched lines with light cross-hatching and open skies, offering a designer examples of compact narrative staging and economical linework for fable subjects.
