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Gay
FABLES BY JOHN GAY; With a Life of the Author and Embellished with a Plate to Each Fable. [With a Life of John Gay by Samuel Johnson as derived from his Lives of the Poets]
Darton & Harvery for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. - Longman, B.Law & Son, F.F. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell et. al, 1793
495.00 €
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Edizione: first of the edition by darton & harvey using the plates printed by stockdale issued here in oval format. with a life of gay by dr. samuel johnson. dedicated "to his highness william, duke of cumberland, these new fables, invented for his amusement, are humbly dedicated, by his highness's most faithful, and most obedient servant, john gay." <br> one of gay?s best known works, the fables are not moral tales : ?for a fable he gives now and then a tale or an abstracted allegory; and from some, by whatever name they may be called, it will be difficult to extract any moral principle. they are, however, told with liveliness; the versification is smooth; and the diction, though now and then a little constrained by the measure of the rhyme, is generally happy.? [johnson]