Fables. By the late Mr. GAY. The Fifth Edition. [Volume the Second. The Second Edition.]

Published by London J and R Tonson and J. Watts London, J and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1737 [Vol II: London, J. and P. Knapton, 1742].

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Seller: Amanda Hall Rare Books ABA ILAB, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, United KingdomAmanda Hall Rare Books ABA ILAB

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Fifth and Second Edition. both volumes bound in full calf gilt with red and green labels to the spine, bearing the armorial bookplates of Edward Auriol Hay-Drummond to the front pastedowns and the signatures of Charlotte A. Hay Drummond to the verso of the front endpapers: a lovely set, internally clean and in attractive contemporary bindings. Two volumes, 8vo (205 x 130 mm), I: pp. [xiv], 194, illustrated with a vignette on the title and fifty engravings, plus tailpieces; II: engraved frontispiece and pp. [viii], 155, with a vignette on title and 16 full-page engravings, Two beautifully illustrated volumes of John Gay?s fables in two volumes, a mixed set with the fifth edition of the first volume and the second edition of second volume. There are fifty charming fables, with titles such as ?The Elephant and the Bookseller? (a story in which the learned elephant outwits the bookseller). The first volume contains fifty engravings by William Kent and Gerard Vandergucht and the second contains sixteen full-page engravings by Hubert-François Gravelot and Gérard Scotin. Provenance: Edward Auriol Hay-Drummond (1758-1829), English clergyman and author, Chaplain in Ordinary to George III and to William IV. ESTC t13822; t13829.…

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Title
Fables. By the late Mr. GAY. The Fifth Edition. [Volume the Second. The Second Edition.]
Author
GAY, John (1685?1732)
Publisher
London J and R Tonson and J. Watts London, J and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1737 [Vol II: London, J. and P. Knapton, 1742].
Binding
Hardcover
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