The fables of John Gay. . Complete in two parts. With cuts by T. Bewick, of Newcastle.
John Gay (1685 – 1732)
Category
Books
Date
1806
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3107518
Summary
Bibliographic description
252p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 12mo.. Former shelfmark: Bb.3.33 (in blue ink).. Provenance: Pictorial bookplate: Ex libris Rudyard Kipling AD 1894 [i.e. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)]. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Joseph Coles book given his Godfather January 18 1813".. Binding: Nineteenth-century brown goatskin binding. Rebacked in calf, with original gold-tooled spine retained.
Makers and roles
John Gay (1685 – 1732) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)