Fables.
John Gay (1685 – 1732)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142179
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14],194p. . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: "NC" [probably Nathaniel Curzon, but unsure which]; Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; double gilt fillet border; five raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Gay's Fables".
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)