Gay's Fables · Markoe DePorres Club

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
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; en_US Gay
Type: en_US Book, Whole