FABLES By John Gay With The Life Of The Author. Embellished with Seventy Elegant Engravings. In One Volume Complete

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Author	John Gay
Condition	Good
Jacket Condition	No Jacket
Binding	Hardcover - 228 pages
Published	G & J Robinson; R Baldwin; J Sewell; I Johnson; et al, London 1820
Our Ref #	009410

Description

ND. [1820 - WorldCat] Attractively illustrated edition of the Fables, with unusual title page portrait of Gay. Occasional minor foxing, but in general all is in VG clean and bright internal order. Engravings are generally crisp and well-inked. Marbled endpapers, split at hinges but boards holding well. Full leather, well worn to edges. Titlepiece missing from spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 16mo. xvi, 228pp

£75.00

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