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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