Poetry by the author of The Beggar's Opera

Gay, John

The Shepherd's Week; in Six Pastorals

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1742. Fifth Edition. Half-Leather. Fair / No Jacket. Item #2338357

Lacks title page, rebound in half leather with new end sheets. Tear through center of engraving preceding prologue with minor loss, lightly foxed throughout.

[xiv], 60, [4] pp. 8vo. Pastoral poems by a friend and admirer of Alexander Pope, best remembered for The Beggar's Opera. This work was first published in 1714, and reissued in various forms for several decades thereafter.

Price: $225.00