Gay (John) Fables, 2 vol., vol.1 fifth edition, vol.2 first edition, vol.1 with engraved title-vignette and illustrations after Kent & Wootton, woodcut ornaments, some soiling, vol.2 with engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and 16 plates by Scotin after Gravelot, uniform contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, splits to joints, J. & R.Tonson & J.Watts [&] J. & P.Knapton & T.Cox, 1738; another edition, edited by William Coxe, half-title with errata to verso, woodcut illustrations, advertisement leaf and blank at end, some spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Salisbury, 1796; another edition, engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, prize presentation label to front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with anchors, red roan label, a little rubbed, Edinburgh, 1792; another edition, 2 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and plates, each with 2 illustrations, foxing, later calf, Darton & Harvey, 1793; another edition, 2 vol. in 1, first Stockdale edition, second issue, engraved frontispiece, vignette titles and plates including 12 by William Blake, titles shaved, modern half morocco, upper cover with onlaid pen & ink illustration, John Stockdale, 1793, all preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes or folders with slip-case; and 17 other editions of Gay, some with provincial imprints, 8vo et infra (23)