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GAY, John (1685 – 1732). Fables. By John Gay. With a Life of the Author, and Embellished with Seventy Plates. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1793. Large paper edition. Two volumes in full contemporary calf gilt, with gilt title labels, marbled ends. V1 p. xii, 225 + [1]. Vol 2. P. viii, 187 (v. adverts). Engraved frontispiece, title pages, and plates, 12 by William Blake. 8vo. Front board of Vol. 1 nearly detached, moderate browning, contents clean. Fable XLII, “The Jugglers,” depicts a lady magician before an audience seated at a table laden with props. Toole Stott 1279.