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Title
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Gay's Fables
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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John Gay, Octavius Freire Owen
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Creator
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Gay, John
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Contributor
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Harvey, William
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:24:05Z
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1991-10
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1866
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:24:05Z
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Date Issued
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1866
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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1102 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Frederick Warne and Co.
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London
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Subject
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PR3473 .F3 1866
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Gay
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Type
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Book, Whole