Fables by John Gay with a Life of the Author, and embellished with Seventy Plates, Vol. II

Title

en_US Fables by John Gay with a Life of the Author, and embellished with Seventy Plates, Vol. II

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US John Gay

Creator

en_US Gay, John

Contributor

en_US Blake, William

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:29Z

en_US 1999-12

en_US 1793

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:29Z

Date Issued

en_US 1793

Abstract

en_US See my notes on Volume I. The patterns of the first volume hold true here. That is, I find Blake's engravings the most involving, e.g., The Dog and the Fox (I), Pan and Fortune (XII), and The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm (XVI). Further, I find Skelton's those with the strongest sense of depth, e.g., The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds (II) and The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider, the Ass, and the Farmer (XIV). Again, each of the engravings is signed by one of the nine engravers listed by Bodemann. There is no engraving for Aye and No (XVII); I presume Bodemann's description refers to this fact when it assigns sixteen engravings to the second volume. However, while I do find the title-page vignette that she mentions, I do not find the vignette featuring busts of Gay that she seems to assign to his life. The fables are followed by a life of Gay and a list of subscribers. On the very last page there is an advertisement for Stockdale's two-volume Aesop, with an appeal for subscribers. It is dated February 2, 1793.

Identifier

en_US 3537 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78903

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US John Stockdale

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR3473.F3 1793c

en_US Gay

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole