GAY, JOHN Poems on Several Occasions . London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720. First edition. Two volumes bound in one. In a period-style binding with leather-backed spine over contemporary marbled paper boards, gilt titles and decorations to spine. 10 7/8 inches (27.5 cm). Quarto by imposition; 6 ff. [frontispiece, title, list of subscribers, contents and errata], 546 pp., plus two etchings. Boards rubbed, scattered light foxing, otherwise an attractive copy.
GAY, JOHN Poems on Several Occasions . London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720. First edition. Two volumes bound in one. In a period-style binding with leather-backed spine over contemporary marbled paper boards, gilt titles and decorations to spine. 10 7/8 inches (27.5 cm). Quarto by imposition; 6 ff. [frontispiece, title, list of subscribers, contents and errata], 546 pp., plus two etchings. Boards rubbed, scattered light foxing, otherwise an attractive copy.
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