Gay (John) Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vol. in 1, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece by William Kent and 2 plates (not present in all copies), titles in red and black, list of subscribers, for Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720; Fables, 2 vol., fifth edition, engraved frontispiece in vol.2, title vignettes, plates and illustrations after William Kent and Gravelot, J. & R.Tonson and J.Watts; J. & P.Knapton and T.Cox, 1738-38; Fables, engraved title and plates (2 vignettes to each plate), by Darton & Harvey, 1793, some soiling or browning, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, the first rebacked; and 7 others by Gay, v.s. (11)
Gay (John) Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vol. in 1, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece by William Kent and 2 plates (not present in all copies), titles in red and black, list of subscribers, for Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720; Fables, 2 vol., fifth edition, engraved frontispiece in vol.2, title vignettes, plates and illustrations after William Kent and Gravelot, J. & R.Tonson and J.Watts; J. & P.Knapton and T.Cox, 1738-38; Fables, engraved title and plates (2 vignettes to each plate), by Darton & Harvey, 1793, some soiling or browning, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, the first rebacked; and 7 others by Gay, v.s. (11)
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