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LEADER: 02179cam 2200313Ma 4500
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008 781208s1793 enkaf 000 p eng d
035 $a(OCoLC)519391400
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn519391400
040 $aOKU$beng$cOKU$dOCLCQ$dBRL
049 $aBRLL
090 $aPR1134$b.E34 1793x
100 1 $aGay, John,$d1685-1732.
240 10 $aFables.$pComplete edition
245 10 $aFables /$cby John Gay ; with a life of the author ; and embellished with a plate to each fable.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted by Darton & Harvey, for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & Son [and 14 others in London],$cMDCCXCIII. [1793]
300 $axvi, 256 p., plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm. (8vo)
500 $aThe title page is engraved.
500 $aOne of two octavo editions with the same title page and virtually the same type-setting, page for page, except for the spacing between lines and the setting of leaf A2. In the smaller edition, the last line of text on A2 recto (p. [iii]), excluding footnote, ends "as he pro-" and the catchword is "bably"; in this, the larger octavo edition, the last line ends "is not known." and the catchword is "The". In this edition pages 138, 142 and 143 are numbered correctly, but p. 242 is misnumbered 422 and leaf Q3 is signed. In the other octavo edition pages 138, 142 and 143 are misnumbered 140, 144 and 145 respectively and leaf Q3 is unsigned. Leaf R4 is unsigned in both editions.
510 4 $aESTC$cT13872
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early sprinkled calfskin edge-rolled in gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt. Leaf A ́signed, "James Everett, 1806."
650 0 $aFables, English$vEarly works to 1800.
655 7 $aAutographs (Provenance)$2rbprov
700 1 $aEverett, James,$eformer owner.
710 2 $aDarton & Harvey (London, England),$eprinter.
710 2 $aF. and C. Rivington (Firm),$epublisher.
852 $aBPL - Special Collections $bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$hPR1134$i.E34 1793x$kRARE BKS$o9$p39999089651952$rIn$wBook$y1$7False$90
999 $bPR1134 .E34 1793x$c0$g1$h1$i1$j1$k0$xPR1134 .E34 1793x$z0$!2