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Gay 

John 

 

 

 

 

Fables by the late Mr Gay. 

In one volume complete. 

 

 

 

 

 

Newcastle 

printed by and for T. Saint, W. Charnley, and J. Whitfield and Co. 

1779 

 

 

252p.,plate 

ill. 

woodcuts 

16cm. 

 

Pease Collection 

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With frontis. engraving signed R. Beilby. - With 67 head-pieces and 35 tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick - The cut on p. 132 ("The hound and the huntsman")is one of a group of woodcuts for which Bewick won a 7 guinea prize in 1775 from the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. - ESTC T13858. - 8vo. 

 

 

With pictorial bookplate, lettered "Thos. Gaisford" [i.e. Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855)].  

 

 

 

 

 

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