Description: FablesWith a Life of the Author by John Gay First Stockdale edition, first issue,the first with William Blake's etchings London: John Stockdale, 1793. xi [1], 225; [2], vii, 187, [1] pp. Two engraved title-pages with vignette, "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations (including 12 etchings by William Blake). Later full calf polished with gilt borders, gilt decorated spines; marbled endpapers and edges. First Stockdale edition, first issue with the long "s" throughout, and list of subscribers. Very Good with joints expertly repaired and strengthened, some general light wear and scuffing to calf, offsetting to endpaper edges, illustrated bookplates of author and bibliophile Louise Ward Watkins, and Frances and Jourdan Hoyt, scattered light foxing to interiors. The first edition of Gay's classic Fables to have etchings by William Blake, who is listed as one of the subscribers at the rear.
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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Year Printed: 1793
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Autobiography
Binding: Leather
Region: Europe
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: John Stockdale
Special Attributes: Illustrated, 1st Thus, 1st Issue
