Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gay, John, 1685-1732.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Fables. Complete edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fables, English--18th century.

Fables, English.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,xvi,256 pages, plates ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Darton & Harvey for F. & C. Rivington, B B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & Son, G.G. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell, S. Bladon, R. Baldwin, J. Sewell, J. Johnson, H.L. Gardner, J. Bew, W. Goldsmith, J. Murray, W. Lowndes. J. Scatchered & Co. G. & T. Wilkie, & E. Newbery, MDCCXCIII. [1793]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Verse.

The titlepage is engraved.

One of two settings with the same titlepage. In this setting the last line of text on A2r ends "as he pro-", catchword: bably; the lines of text are close together and Q3 is unsigned.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N48595.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.