Gay, John; Blake, William [illustrator]

FABLES BY JOHN GAY WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR [Two Volumes]

London: John Stockdale, 1793. First Edition. Octavo, two volumes. Very Good condition. Rebacked, with the original spine only, in half brown leather and marbled boards. Light wear to corners. Small loss of marbled paper on the top and bottom edges. Spine has gilt decorations and lettering, with five raised bands. Spine ends are lightly worn. Marbled end papers. Text block is trimmed and gilt on the top edge, with the side and bottom having deckled edges. Some occasional foxing. Offsets of prints on all facing pages. Bound without the tissue guards. Shelved in Room X Glass Case 2.
12 plates by William Blake. This was published at the same time as a companion to Stockbridge's Aesop Fables, that was also released in 1793.
Volume I - xi, 225 pages. Volume II - vii, 176 pages. Missing the List of Subscribers page 176 in Volume II. Also missing the advertisement for a two-volume set of Aesop's Fables by the same publisher after the List of Subscribers.

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Price: $1,000