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GAY, John. The Sheperd's Week in Six Pastorals, London: printed; and sold by R. Burleigh, 1714 [but ?1716]. 8°, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates by and after L. Du Guernier, woodcut headpieces and initials (a few leaves and one plate stained, printing flaw to title, soiled). Foxon G73. [Bound with the same author's:]
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1730. 8°, woodcut headpieces and initials (spotted throughout, a few leaves browned). First published in 1713. Rothschild 911: "The version published in 1730, also by Lintot, was almost a new play, three characters being omitted and three added". [and:]
Trivia: Or, the Art of walking the streets of London, London, Bernard Lintott, [1716]. 8°, engraved vignette to title, woodcut tail and headpieces, initials (upper margin cropped with occasional loss of heading, soiled, a few stains). Provenance: Robert Eliott, ownership inscription on verso of title (1724) and verso of final leaf; William Meat and Samuel Muton, old inscriptions to title and verso of final leaf. FIRST EDITION. Foxon G81; Rothschild 916.
3 works bound in one volume with 2 others by Gay, both later editions, contemporary calf (worn).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1730. 8°, woodcut headpieces and initials (spotted throughout, a few leaves browned). First published in 1713. Rothschild 911: "The version published in 1730, also by Lintot, was almost a new play, three characters being omitted and three added". [and:]
Trivia: Or, the Art of walking the streets of London, London, Bernard Lintott, [1716]. 8°, engraved vignette to title, woodcut tail and headpieces, initials (upper margin cropped with occasional loss of heading, soiled, a few stains). Provenance: Robert Eliott, ownership inscription on verso of title (1724) and verso of final leaf; William Meat and Samuel Muton, old inscriptions to title and verso of final leaf. FIRST EDITION. Foxon G81; Rothschild 916.
3 works bound in one volume with 2 others by Gay, both later editions, contemporary calf (worn).