Fables
By: by John Gay ; with a life of the author ; and embellished with a plate to each fable
Contributors: Everett, James, former owner; Darton & Harvey (London, England); F. and C. Rivington (Firm)
Publisher: Printed by Darton & Harvey, for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & Son [and 14 others in London]
Published: 1793
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Early works to 1800; English Fables
Work titles: Fables. Complete edition
Notes: The title page is engraved.

One of two octavo editions with the same title page and virtually the same type-setting, page for page, except for the spacing between lines and the setting of leaf A2. In the smaller edition, the last line of text on A2 recto (p. [iii]), excluding footnote, ends "as he pro-" and the catchword is "bably"; in this, the larger octavo edition, the last line ends "is not known." and the catchword is "The". In this edition pages 138, 142 and 143 are numbered correctly, but p. 242 is misnumbered 422 and leaf Q3 is signed.  In the other octavo edition pages 138, 142 and 143 are misnumbered 140, 144 and 145 respectively and leaf Q3 is unsigned. Leaf R4 is unsigned in both editions.

ESTC T13872

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early sprinkled calfskin edge-rolled in gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt. Leaf A ́signed, "James Everett, 1806."