Fables.
by Gay, John & Blake, William
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: John Stockdale, 1793.. 2 vols. With a life of the author and embellished with seventy plates. With twelve plates engraved by William Blake. GAY. Vol. I. [II.] London: Two octavo volumes. xi, [1, blank], 225; vii, [1, blank], 187, [1, ads] pp. Seventy-one engraved plates, Qtr. Contemporary leather and marbled boards. Spines chipped, marbling peeling off lower corners of covers of both volumes, corners lightly bumped and worn in general, edges a little worn, front hinges of both volumes loose but not falling off yet, mild foxing to endpapers and title page.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99-0119
- Title
- Fables.
- Author
- Gay, John & Blake, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Stockdale, 1793.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Original Graphics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2006
San Francisco, California
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