Fables: with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates.
by Gay, John; William Blake
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: John Stockdale. Very Good+. 1793. Hardcover. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, marbled endpages. Two volumes in one. Some foxing; bookplate, old PO name. Seventy copperplates, twelve engraved by Blake, includes frontis to volume 1. A tall copy of the first Blake edition, with the eleven page list of subscribers, and ad on the final page for Barlow's Aesop Fables. First issue, with the long "S. "; quarto .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39831
- Title
- Fables: with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates.
- Author
- Gay, John; William Blake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1793
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...