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NY: Columbia University Press, 1930. Light salmon cloth. Spine lettering upside down (covers bound upside down), else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. Large 8vo. Illustrated with woodcuts by Warren Chappell from designs by Charles Locke.
A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. to which is added, an account of a Battle between the antient and modern books in St James's Library. The twelfth edition. With the author's apology; and explanatory notes by (Swift, Jonathan) - 1751
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A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. to which is added, an account of a Battle between the antient and modern books in St James's Library. The twelfth edition. With the author's apology; and explanatory notes
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London: Charles Bathurst. 1751. Octavo, engraved frontis plate plus seven engraved plates, pp xvi, (vi), 220. Bound by Cottage Bindery of Bath, full leather with gilt rules upper and lower boards, gilt decorated panels and raised bands spine, gilt title. Very good condition. Swift's satire of various branches of the Church, including their religious excess. Inherently political and often considered Swift's major work. An early printing, beautifully bound. Leather.
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- Date Published 1751
- Keywords Church of England, Literature, Politics, Religion, Satire
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