B24845

Shelfmark

Gm.1.05

Author

Gay, John

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.

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., bookseller.

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Bladon, Samuel, bookseller.

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Baldwin, R., bookseller.

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Sewell, John, bookseller.

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Johnson, Joseph, bookseller.

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Longman, Thomas, bookseller.

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Gardner, Henry Lasher, bookseller.

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Bew, John, bookseller.

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Goldsmith, William, bookseller.

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Murray, John, bookseller.

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Lowndes, William, bookseller.

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Newbery, E., bookseller.

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Adie, C. J. M, former owner.

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Darton & Harvey

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F. and C. Rivington

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B. White and Son

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T. Longman

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B. Law and Son

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G. G. and J. Robinson

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Scatcherd and Whitaker

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G. and T. Wilkie

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England, London.

001B24845

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aGm.1.05

1001#$aGay, John

24010$aFables. English

24510$aFables by John Gay, with a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable.

2463#$aGay's fables

260##$aLondon :$bPrinted 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,$cMDCCXCIII [1793].

300##$a[2], xvi, 256p plates ;$c25cm.

500##$aThe titlepage is engraved.

500##$aOne 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.

500##$aMs. in pencil on flyleaf: "from plates by Blake".

5104#$aESTC T13872

530##$aMicrofilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3936, no. 01).

530##$aElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

561##$aBookplate of C.J.M. Adie.

563##$a18th cnetury brown tree calf; decorative gilt fillet to form a border; gilt tooled spine; red spine label; spine title: "Gay's fables".

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