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Poems on several occasions by Mr John Gay.

John Gay

RA Collection: Book

Record number

09/2698

Author

Imprint

London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720

Physical Description

2 volumes: illustrations; 29.5 cm.

General Note

With 6pp. list of subscribers including Handel, Heidegger, Anastasia Robinson and the Duke of Chandos (fifty copies).

References

ESTC, T13893

Summary Note

v.1. Rural sports. The fan. The shepherd's week. Trivia. The what d'ye call it -- v.2. Epistles on several occasions. Tales. Eclogues. Miscellanies. Dione, a pastoral tragedy.

Subject

Poetry, 18th Century

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