Gay (The late Mr John), Fables, two-volume set, mixed editions: volume I, fifth edition, volume II, first edition, London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, [&], J. and P. Knapton, 1737-1738, volume I with title-page vignette and in-text copperplate engravings by Paul Fourdrinier (1698-1758) after various hands, volume II with a frontispiece, title-page vignette, and full-page engravings by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (1698-1755), after Hubert-François Gravelot (1699-1773), contemporary calf (rubbed and worn, with a few losses), 8vo, [2] Provenance: Sir George Beaumont, 6th Baronet Stoughton Grange, Leicestershire (1726–1762), volume II with his contemporary ink MS ownership inscription dated April the 18th/1739, his later Chippendale Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of volume I only. The pastedowns are illustrated, presumably by the baronet with pen and ink drawings of horsemen, horses, and facial studies.
Gay (The late Mr John), Fables, two-volume set, mixed editions: volume I, fifth edition, volume II, first edition, London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, [&], J. and P. Knapton, 1737-1738, volume I with title-page vignette and in-text copperplate engravings by Paul Fourdrinier (1698-1758) after various hands, volume II with a frontispiece, title-page vignette, and full-page engravings by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (1698-1755), after Hubert-François Gravelot (1699-1773), contemporary calf (rubbed and worn, with a few losses), 8vo, [2] Provenance: Sir George Beaumont, 6th Baronet Stoughton Grange, Leicestershire (1726–1762), volume II with his contemporary ink MS ownership inscription dated April the 18th/1739, his later Chippendale Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of volume I only. The pastedowns are illustrated, presumably by the baronet with pen and ink drawings of horsemen, horses, and facial studies.
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