Shelfmark
Gm.1.05
Author
Uniform title
[Fables. English]
Title
Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable.
Varying form of title
Gay's fables
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Darton & Harvey for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & son, G.G. & 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 & Co. G. & T. Wilkie, & E. Newbery, MDCCXCIII [1793].
Physical description
[2], xvi, 256p plates ; 25cm. (8vo.)
Note
The titlepage is engraved.
Note
One of two settings with the same titlepage. In this setting the last line of text on A2r ends "is not known", the catchword is: The; the lines of text are loosely spaced, p.242 is misnumbered 422, and leaf Q3 is signed.
Note
Ms. in pencil on flyleaf: "from plates by Blake".
Citation/references note
ESTC T13872
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3936, no. 01).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Bookplate of C.J.M. Adie.
Binding
18th cnetury brown tree calf; decorative gilt fillet to form a border; gilt tooled spine; red spine label; spine title: "Gay's fables".
Subject
Fables Early works to 1800.
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Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742 - 1802 bookseller.
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Bladon, Samuel, ? - -1799 bookseller.
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Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737 - 1810 bookseller.
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Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734 - 1802 bookseller.
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Johnson, Joseph, 1738 - 1809 bookseller.
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Longman, Thomas, 1731 - 1797 bookseller.
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Gardner, Henry Lasher, ? - -1808 bookseller.
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Bew, John, fl. 1789 - 1796 bookseller.
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Goldsmith, William, ? - -1795 bookseller.
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Murray, John, 1737 - 1793 bookseller.
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Lowndes, William, 1652 - 1724 bookseller.
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Newbery, E. (Elizabeth), 1746 - 1821 bookseller.
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Adie, C. J. M. (Clement James Mellish), 1876 - 1954 former owner.
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F. and C. Rivington bookseller.
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England London.
Identifier
B24845