Fables.
John Gay (1685 – 1732)
Category
Books
Date
1753
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038382
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14],194p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: D.1.12. Not identified in 1796 catalogue. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 572.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Elizabeth Countess of Essex".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding (rubbed); double gilt fillet border; blind roll on board edges.
Makers and roles
John Gay (1685 – 1732) Bernard Baron (Paris c.1696 - London 1762) Pierre Fourdrinier (1698-1758) William Kent (Bridlington 1685 - London 1748) Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776) John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1764)