Gay's Fables [and three other works]
John Gay (1685 – 1732)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1732
Materials
Measurements
164 x 106 x 13 mm
Place of origin
Troutbeck
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074780
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 items . 8vo.. Manuscript copy by Benjamin Browne. Contents: "Gay's Fables"; "Of the character of women. An epistle to a lady"; "Londo. Magazine Sept. 1735, p. 503. The match"; "A single life's the rarest. By Hoggart of Troutbeck". Provenance: Binder's label on front pastedown: 'Bound by G. & W.J. Browne 1867' [i.e. George Browne, 1834-1914, and William Jackson Browne, bookbinder]. manuscript on front fly-leaf: "Jany. 2. 3. 4 & 5 1732 at ... [illegible] B Browne" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1692-1748], and "Compd. by his son in 1764 Geo: Browne" [i.e. George Browne, 1741-1804].. Binding: Quarter bound marbled paper boards.
Makers and roles
John Gay (1685 – 1732) Benjamin Browne (1692-1748) Thomas Hoggart, 1642-1709