Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable

All titles

• Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable
• Fables. Complete edition

People / Organizations

• John Gay (Author)

Imprint

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]

Publication year

1793

ESTC No.

T13872

Grub Street ID

186587

Description

[2],xvi,256p., plates ; 8°.

Note

Verse

The titlepage is engraved

Last full line of text on A2r ends "is not known." and the catchword is "The". A variant state of A2r ends "as he pro-" and the catchword is "bably"

Q3 not signed in some copies; p.242 misnumbered "422" in some copies

Copy filmed at Primary Source Microfilm: The Eighteenth Century, reel 15909 has variant A2

Copy filmed at hathitrust.org has variant A2.