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POETRY -- John GAY. Fables and Poems. London: Jones & Co., 1824. 90 x 50mm. Engraved frontispiece portrait, title with vignette (frontispiece partially detached). Finely-bound in contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Sylvain Van de Weyer (armorial bookplate) -- contemporary presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Welsh 2952.
With a large quantity of miniature books of poetry including Edward Young's Night Thoughts (London, Jones & Co., 1822), John Milton's Paradise Regain'd and other Poems (London, Jones & Co., 1823), James Thomson's The Seasons (London, Jones & Co., 1824), Alexander Pope's Poetical Works (London, Jones & Co., 1825, 2 vols., bound in green silk), Robert Burns's Poetical Works (London, Jones & Co., 1827, 2 vols.), Gifford's Baviad and Maeviad (London, William S. Orr & Co., 1848) and Byron's Don Juan (London, Cornish and Co., [n.d.]). (a lot)
With a large quantity of miniature books of poetry including Edward Young's Night Thoughts (London, Jones & Co., 1822), John Milton's Paradise Regain'd and other Poems (London, Jones & Co., 1823), James Thomson's The Seasons (London, Jones & Co., 1824), Alexander Pope's Poetical Works (London, Jones & Co., 1825, 2 vols., bound in green silk), Robert Burns's Poetical Works (London, Jones & Co., 1827, 2 vols.), Gifford's Baviad and Maeviad (London, William S. Orr & Co., 1848) and Byron's Don Juan (London, Cornish and Co., [n.d.]). (a lot)
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