Swift Jonathan (1667 1745) Travels into Several Remote Natio

Sale 2665 - Lot 275

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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. [Together with] Volume Three. [and] Memoirs of the Court of Lilliput.

London: Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726-1727. London: Printed in the Year 1727. [and] London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1727.

Four octavo volumes, comprising the third edition of the Travels, Teerink B; first edition of the spurious third volume; and second edition of the Memoirs; [bound with] four of Corolini di Marco's Keys; the first volume illustrated with engraved portrait of Gulliver (Teerink 2a), with six engraved maps and plans as normally issued in the first two volumes, along with six extra folding plates showing Gulliver's exploits after Jos. Grison; all four volumes bound in uniform contemporary speckled calf; signatures of R. Marsham all dated 1756 in each volume; some toning and spotting; volumes one and four rebacked; purchased at Christie's in 2008 [sale 2059 lot 155]; 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (4)

Teerink 291, 292 & 1221.

From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.

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