GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London, 1720. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, SUBSCRIBER’S COPY.
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Nov 14, 2024
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GAY, John (1685-1732). Poems on Several Occasions. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720.
2 volumes in one, 4to (292 x 229 mm). Title-pages printed in red black, engraved frontispiece and plate by and after William Kent; 6pp. subscribers. (Light spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (rebacked with original spine laid). Provenance: Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Stanhope (1673-1726), subscriber listed in this copy, (armorial bookplate).
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF GAY'S POEMS. SUBSCRIBER'S COPY. With 6pp. of eminent subscribers, including Pope. ESTC lists 24 editions of Gay's Poems published before 1780, of which this is the first.
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