The Poetical Works of John Gay Including His Fables in Three Volumes with the Life of the Author. From the Royal Quarto Edition of 1720. In Three Volumes. Bell's Edition in The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill series. 1777.

Gay, John.

Published by Apollo Press, by the Martins, printed for John Bell., Edinburgh, Edinburg., 1777

About this Item

180 + 120 + 188pp. Vol I is still well bound but with cracking to hinges, Vols 2 & 3 both are cracked and have board held by one or more strings but otherwise content still well bound together. Engraved Title page in each plus engraved Portrait in vol 1. Interiors good & clean. 5 x 3 inch. Armorial bookplate to paste-downs of Leopold Salomons (1841-1915, the financier who gifted Box Hill in Surrey to the nation in 1914) in each. One of a number of volumes I have available from this series, reduced combined postage offered - please ask seller for a quote.

Seller Inventory # b133.080

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poetical Works of John Gay Including His Fables in Three Volumes with the Life of the Author. From the Royal Quarto Edition of 1720. In Three Volumes. Bell's Edition in The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill series. 1777.
• Publisher: Apollo Press, by the Martins, printed for John Bell., Edinburgh, Edinburg.
• Publication Date: 1777
• Language: English
• Binding: Calf.
• Condition: Fair