Gay's Fables

Title

en_US Gay's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US John Gay, Octavius Freire Owen

Creator

en_US Gay, John See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Harvey, William

Date

2016-01-25T15:24:05Z

en_US 1991-10

en_US 1866

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:24:05Z

Date Issued

en_US 1866

Abstract

en_US A curious little book with its cover falling off. Gay's fables are heavily satirical; Juvenal is quoted heavily in the notes. For other comments on the fables themselves, see my 1727/38/1967 edition. The most interesting parts of this little volume are the notes and endpieces. The notes show decided wit (e.g., 185-6). By contrast with the larger illustrations, which perhaps resemble Tenniel most but are inferior in quality, the endpieces are engaging (though unfortunately small) presentations of Aesop's fables--perhaps borrowed from Harvey's own work illustrating Northcote? Some representative illustrations and fables here include: The Monkey Who'd Seen the World (I 14, also embossed on book's cover), The Old Woman and the Cats (I 23), and The Baboon and the Poultry (II 3). Some bookdealer has written in that Dalziell did the woodcuts and that there are 129 vignettes in all.

Identifier

en_US 1102 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75888

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Frederick Warne and Co.

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR3473 .F3 1866 See all items with this value

en_US Gay See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole