Fables / by John Gay ; with a life of the author, and embellished with seventy plates.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1793.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts PR3473 .F3 1793Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Wilson, Brown, William Blake, Lovegrove, William Skelton, W. Grainger, Audinet, Cook, and P. Mazell.There were two issues of this edition. The first can be identified by the use of the long 's', which was modernised in the second issue.Title pages are engraved.English short title catalogue, N9619With a list of subscribers in v.2.Advertisements on the verso of the last leaf of v.2.BAC: British Art Center copy is first issue, with long s. Bound in gilt stamped red morocco, with gilt edges; bound by Lloyd.Book-plate of Henry Otis Harris, with picture from front. (v.1) of Horace Walpole's Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England. 22983411390008651This copy is first issue, with long s.--cf. Lewine, p. 106. 22983411390008651Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis's note on Horace Walpole. For further information, consult library staff. 22983411390008651
Subject Terms:
Fables, English. | Stockdale, John -- Publisher. | James, Angelina -- Donor. | James, Oliver -- Donor. | Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ownership. | Harris, Henry Otis -- Bookplate. | Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ms. notes. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1793.