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A beautiful edition of Gay's Fables, sumptuously bound. Twelve of the seventy plates done by William Blake, the poet and titan of eighteenth-century illustration. The plates in these volumes bring Gay's fables to life, with rabbits, elephants, boars, dogs, foxes, and other creatures expertly and humorously engraved with expressive countenances.
Something against the Trinity.’. When wrinkling with a sneer his trunk, ’Friend,’ quoth the elephant, ’you’re drunk; E’en keep your money and be wise: Leave man on man to criticise; For that you ne’er can want a pen. Among the senseless sons of men. They unprovoked will court the fray: Envy’s a sharper spur than pay.
Title: Fables. Author: John Gay (British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732) Etcher: Frontispiece by Ralph Beilby (British, baptised 1743–1817) Illustrator: Thomas Bewick (British, Eltringham, Northumberland 1753–1828 Gateshead) Published in: Edinburgh. Date: 1792. Medium: Illustrations: woodcut, etching. Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in. (16 x ...
Jun 16, 2022 · [John] Gay, Fables. By the Late Mr. Gay. Volume the Second. (1st edition) (London: Printed for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, in Ludgate-Street; and T[homas] Cox,...
Title: Fables. Author: John Gay (British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732) Engraver: Frontispiece engraved by G. Neagle (British, active late 18th century)
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Fables. Author John Gay British Publisher J. Buckland, London British ... John Gay (British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732) 1729–47. How Engravings are Made
