Fables … with a Life of the Author

by William Blake, John Gay

$1,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First Stockdale edition and first with the Blake plates, first issue with the long 's' throughout. 2 engraved title-pages with vignette, “Gay Monument” frontispiece and 68 illustrations including 12 etchings by William Blake . ii , xii, 225; ii , vii, 188 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 10-3/8 x 6-3/4 inches . Contemporary full straight-grained red morocco, covers stamped in gilt with outer roll border, flat spines divided into 6 compartments, 2 with title

• Binding: Leather

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