First edition. A-I in fours, half-title on A1, title on A2.
GAY, John.—The Shepherd's Week. In six Pastorals. By Mr J. Gay . . . London, Printed: And Sold by Ferd. Burleigh . . . MDCCXIV. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Seven plates by Lud. Du Guernier.
GAY, John.—The Shepherd's Week. 1714. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy.
GAY, John.—Trivia: or the Art of Walking the Streets of London. By Mr. Gay . . . [device of crossed keys] London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, . . . [n. d.] 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
First edition: large and thick paper copy.
Three head-piece vignettes by Gribelin, and the device of the publisher on the title-page. In the second edition, also n. d., the head-piece on the first page, the view of a London street, is substituted for the title device.
GAY, John.—Trivia. [n. d.] 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Another issue of the first edition, and probably later, as the plates of the tail-pieces appear to be worn. For the three engraved vignettes by Gribelin on pages 1, 21, and 53—view of a London street, musical instruments, and Pegasus rising into the clouds—woodcut headbands are substituted, the first containing an eagle, the second two cherubs supporting a basket of flowers, the third flowers and foliage.