Shelfmark
Gm.1.03
Author
Uniform title
[Fables. English]
Title
Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author and embellished with seventy plates.
Varying form of title
Gay's fables
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1793.
Physical description
2v in 1 plates ; 26cm. (Fo.)
Note
Pagination: [2], xi, [1], 225, [1]; [2], vii, [1], 187, [1]p.
Note
Previously shelfmark Mcn 8.
Note
The titlepage is engraved.
Note
In this printing the paper has no watermark, and long "s" is used in the text.
Note
Pencil mark on flyleaf: "Plate to fable XVII, vol. 1, in vol. 2" and "Blake 2 vols in £3.15.0.
Citation/references note
ESTC N9619
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library.
Provenance
Bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Binding
19th century half red morocco; brown marbled paper covered boards; five raised bands; spine title: "Gay's fables".
Subject
Fables Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Stockdale, John, 1749? - 1814 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B24832