Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author and embellished with seventy plates.

All titles

• Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author and embellished with seventy plates.
• Fables. Complete edition

People / Organizations

• John Gay (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for John Stockdale, Picadilly, 1793.

Publication year

1793

ESTC No.

N9619

Grub Street ID

54497

Description

2v.,plates ; 2°.

Note

The titlepage is engraved

In this printing the paper has no watermark, and long "s" is used in the text.

Uncontrolled note

MATCHERS BEWARE! A 19th-cent. reprint exists with paper watermarked 1809 or 1810 and with a modern, round "s" used in the text. Gathered in 8s; CLU-S/C copy = 27.5 cm. Twelve of the engravings are by William Blake