Fables.. By the late Mr. Gay.
John Gay (1685 – 1732)
Category
Books
Date
1753
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3220084
Summary
Bibliographic description
The seventh edition.. [14],194p., [1] leaf of plates. ill... 8vo. MS price written twice on front flyleaf: 2 vol. 10:10 [i.e.: acquired as a two-volume set with the fifth edition of vol.2]. Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Eighteenth-century full polished calf; rebacked; sewn onto four raised cords; red spine label: Gay's Fables Vol: 1.
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)