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GAY, John. The flowers of english fable.

London. Edward Lacey, [s.d., c. 1835]
16mo. 7, [1], 178pp, [2]. With a wood-engraved title vignette and 33 leaves of wood engravings. Original publisher's brown embossed cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp.
A Regency edition, preserved in original state, of John Gay's (1685-1732) perennially popular fables; intended for the 'special instruction and improvement' of youth, and richly illustrated with sixty-seven charming wood engravings.
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref: 32602