The man & his 2 wives [graphic].

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Title: The man & his 2 wives [graphic].
Alternative Title: Aesop's fables. Selections. English
Man and his 2 wives
Man and his two wives
Man & his two wives
Contributor: Sympson, C., active 1753-1790, publisher.
Aesop, author.
Published / Created: [1752]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: C. Sympson
Abstract: Illustration to a poetic version of Aesop’s fable of a man with an older and a younger wife; the younger plucked out all his grey hairs, and the older, the dark ones with the inevitable result
Description: Title engraved below image.
Plate from: The Lady's curiosity: or, Weekly Apollo. London : Printed by C. Sympson, no. 17 (1752).
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text above image. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression.
Fourteen lines of verse engraved beneath title: A man whose years were in decline, / Had got two wives. One was a fine / Young airy thing who sung & danc'd; / The other grave, in age advanc'd, ...
Two additional lines of verse at bottom, beneath the heading "Application": Thus he that does to woman trust / Is shure to come off with the worst.
"Fab. XXXII."--Above image.
Laid down on blue paper.
Provenance: Michael S. Kemp; November 2024.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : sheet 19 x 11 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English