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Fables: With a Life of the Author
de Gay, John; William Blake [Etchings]
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: John Stockdale, 1793. First Thus. First Stockdale edition, first issue with the long "s" throughout, and list of subscribers. xi [1], 225; [2], vii, 187, [1] pp. Two engraved title-pages with vignette, "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations (including 12 etchings by William Blake). Later full calf polished with gilt borders, gilt decorated spines; marbled endpapers and edges. Very Good with joints expertly repaired and strengthened, some general light wear and scuffing to calf, offsetting to endpaper edges, illustrated bookplates of author and bibliophile Louise Ward Watkins, and Frances and Jourdan Hoyt, scattered light foxing to interiors. The first edition of Gay's classic Fables to have etchings by William Blake, who is listed as one of the subscribers at the rear.
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- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140941779
- Título
- Fables: With a Life of the Author
- Autor
- Gay, John; William Blake [Etchings]
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus
- Editorial
- John Stockdale
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1793
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
