From James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First edition. 56 pp. 8vo. First edition of Swift's reply to Gilbert Burnet's Introduction to volume 3 of his History of the Reformation. Burnet painted Popery as the deadliest of evils, and suggested that only Whig bishops, such as himself, could resist it. Swift, having switched to the Tory cause just a few years before, "makes the church his real theme [and] abandons impersonation; and if there are some playful fantasies and much sarcasm among his provisions, they are kept subordinate to the dignity of the main essay. Swift writes with a grave, self-conscious intensity …" (Ephrenpreis, Swift II, p. 694). Rothschild 2049; Teerink 592 Disbound. In custom gray card folder with title label. Seller Inventory # 308178
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Preface to the B p of S r m's ...
Publisher: John Morphew, London
Publication Date: 1713
Binding: 56 pp. 8vo
Edition: First edition.
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