A Tale of a Tub Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind; The Battle of the Books; A Discourse Concerning the Mechnaical operation of the Spirit;The Life of Dr Swift. [Vol. 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St.Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes, Adorned with Copper-Plates, With some account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical & Explanatory, by John Hawkesworth]
Language: English
Published by London: Printed for C.Bathurst et al, 1755
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Lyppard Books, Worcester, United KingdomLyppard Books
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2012
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 129.14
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Large octavo; [i], 16, 80, xxix, [i], 340pp,with full complement of 7 engraved plates. In contemporary eighteenth century full calf with only the lightest of wear, sometime respined in period style with five raised gilt tooled spine bands between gilt fillets, gilt-lettered red title label to second compartment, gilt black volume label to third compartment, remaining compartments gilt, double gilt fillet to board margins, and new endpapers. Single wormtrack to inner margin pp.1-73 well clear of text, but overall a splendidly clean and unmarked copy of this early edition published as volume 1 of Bathurst's 1755 edition of the works of Swift. A beautiful example.
Seller Inventory # 000837
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Tale of a Tub Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind; The Battle of the Books; A Discourse Concerning the Mechnaical operation of the Spirit;The Life of Dr Swift. [Vol. 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St.Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes, Adorned with Copper-Plates, With some account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical & Explanatory, by John Hawkesworth]
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
- Publisher
- London: Printed for C.Bathurst et al
- Publication year
- 1755
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Seller catalogs
- 18th Century Books, Antiquarian Books, Antiquarian English Literature
Lyppard Books
Worcester, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2012
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