Fables

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Description

Title
Fables
Creator
Gay, John, 1685-1732, author
Contributor
Cox, Thomas, -1754, bookseller.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), bookseller.
Published / Created
MDCCXXXVIII [1738]
Publication Place
London and Engalnd London
Publisher
Printed for J. and P. Knapton ... and T. Cox ...
Description
LWL 55 G25 738: Bookplates: Charles Languet Higgins, Turvey Abbey, 1874 (pictorial); Philip Hofer.
LWL 55 G25 738: Gift of Mr Hofer [to Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, 9 July 1964], with the 4th ed. of volume I.
BEIN Ik G252 727f Copy 1: No. 2 of 2 works bound together with binder's title: Gay's Fables.
In verse.
All published?
The illustrations are by G. Scotin, after H. Gravelot.
Signatures: pi² a² B-K⁸ L⁴ M².
Extent
[8], 155, [1] p., [17] leaves of plates : 21 cm (8vo)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Ik G252 727f 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Fables
Material
ill. (engravings) ;
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Fables, English
Fables anglaises
Subjects
Fables, English > Early works to 1800
Fables anglaises
Fables, English
Higgins, Charles Languet > Bookplate
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984 > Bookplate
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984 > Donor
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
1763157
Object ID (OID)
33077012

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