Item Description: | Braces in title. - English Short Title Catalog, T13742. - Price from imprint: price in Boards One Pound Four Shillings. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Vol.1 is probably a reissue of an 8° edition of Gay's 'Fables', Glasgow, printed for Alexander McKenzie, [1760?], with a new titlepage and Dr. Johnson's preface in 12°. - Vol.4 is a reissue of 'Plays written by Mr. John Gay, ..', London, 1772. - Vols.2, 3 are a reissue of 'Poems on several occasions', London, 1775. - Vols.5, 6 with III, IV in direction-line; vol.5 contains advertisements for John Bell: these may be reissues of vols. III, IV of Bell's edition of Gay's 'Miscellaneous works', London, 1773 |