Fables by John Gay with a Life of the Author.

BLAKE (William). & GAY (John).

Fables by John Gay with a Life of the Author.

First edition with Blake’s plates, large paper copy. Illustrated with seventy plates, 12 engraved by Blake. Two volumes bound in one. Large 8vo. xi, [1, blank], 225, [1, blank], vi, [1, blank], 187, [1, advertisements] pp. Near contemporary half red straight-grain moroccco with marbled paper covered boards, flat spine with seven gilt bordered panels, second panel lettered in gilt, the rest tooled in gilt. London, Stockdale, 1793.

£750.00

Keynes notes in his bibliography that the illustrations in this edition seem to be modelled on the illustrations of earlier editions, further noting that the first plate is “the most characteristic example of Blake’s work.”

A very good copy, with rubbing to corners, extremities and boards, top and tail of spine also lightly rubbed. Some spotting to the prelims, final few pages and some of the plates, offsetting from plates.

Keynes, 106.

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245344

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