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January 2004 Fine Art & Antiques Online Auction

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403. Mr. John Gay, Fables

London: J. & R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1737, the fifth edition. Rebound with original brown calf boards with contemporary calf leather spine with gilt lettering. 194 pp. with many engravings by various persons and decorative emblems and woodcuts. Gilt accented band along outer edge of end boards. Exlibris bookplate of Colonel Edmund Ross of Bladensburg as well as purple stamp of same on front end paper.Measures apprx 5-1/2" x 8".



150/250   Sold $69.00
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