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London : printed for J. and P. Knapton; and T. Cox, 1738. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 155 pp., 25 cm. Subjects; Fables, English 18th century. Early works to 1800.
FABLES By Mr. GAY by Gay, John (1685-1732) - 1727
by Gay, John (1685-1732)
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FABLES By Mr. GAY
by Gay, John (1685-1732)
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London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts 1st edition, 1727. Hardcover. Good. Titlepage in facsimile, 51 copperplate vignettes (complete) illustrating the 50 Febles after designs by John Wootton and William Kent, engraved by P. Fourdrinier, G. Van der Gucht and others. Quarto new half green cloth, spine title gilt, new & older endpapers. Titlepage (facsimile) +[xii]pp (Dedication, Table & Introduction) +173pp with the copperplates complete. Paper tanned throughout with some browner margins and sporadic light foxing. *This first edition was the only one to be published in quarto size (all later printimgs octavo or 12mo). The second volume was not published until 1738, after Mr. Gay's death (Lewine p206, Rothschild 925, Foxon p295). The modern binding of this copy is not sympathetic, but the book is priced to leave room for rebinding, to match a second volume if required.
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- Date Published 1727
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Fables / by the late Mr. Gay. Vol.2
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Fables by the late Mr. Gay : In one volume complete
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London : printed for J. Buckland, J. F. and C. Rivington, B. and B. White, T. Longman, B. Law T. Carnan, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, S. Bladon, R. Baldwin, J. Sewell, J. Johnson, H. L. Gardner, J. Bew, W. Goldsmith. J. Murray, W. Lowndes, J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, G. and T. Wilkie, and E. Newbery, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original leather boards; wear and tear as with age. Both boards detached. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; viii, 232 pages : ill. Subjects; Fables, English. Fables, English ; Early works to 1800. Fables, English ; Early works to 1800. Genres; Fables - England - 1788. Poems.
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Fables, by the late Mr. Gay
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London : Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1733. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the full contemporary aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [14], 194 p. : ill. ; 8vo. Notes; Titlepage illustration. Subject; Fables, English — 18th century.
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