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A Tale of a Tub written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind



Author:

SWIFT, JONATHAN

Title:

A Tale of a Tub written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind

Subtitle:

To which is added An Account of a Battel Between The Ancient and Modern Books in St James's Library

Publisher:

S Tooke & B Motte 1724

Description:

Original binding, 8 plates complete, thirty-two mo, brown polished leather boards with decorative rule to boards, title between four raised bands to brown leather spine, frontispiece, lvi + 273pp, illus with 8 plates (additional discourse at page 235), VG (heavy fraying & loss to spine extrems, scuffing & some surface loss to spine, boards, board edges & board corners, light staining to boards, heavy browning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)

Keywords:

Jonathan Swift English literature satire religion politics parody allegory

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