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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 Ancient and Modern Books in St. James Library. With The Author's Apology, and Explanatory Notes, by W. Wooten, B.D. and Others. (Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding)
Swift, Jonathan · London
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan
- Date
- 1811
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Thomas Tegg
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 8vo.(4.5" x 7.5") Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding. 322 pp. Full variegated leather with double gilt rule framing covers. Rebacked spine using original leather with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to chipped red leather to second compartment, gilt author to red leather in third, gilt year at foot in red leather, all other compartments with gilt decoration. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Heavy gilt dentelle turn-ins over pastedowns. Minor edgewear, covers lightly scuffed. Large-paper Edition, illustrated with seven hand-colored full plate engravings in a beautiful Zaehnsdorf Binding.
- Format
- The main narrative is a satirical allegory concerning three brothers, representing Catholicism (Peter), the Church of England (Martin), and Protestant dissenters (Jack), and their inherited coats.
- Category
- Children’s & Illustrated
- Record
- S.I.8527
A Tale of A Tub, Written For The Universal Improvement of Mankind. To Which is Added, An Account of A Battle Between The Ancient and Modern Books in St. James Library. With The Author's Apology, and Explanatory Notes, by W. Wooten, B.D. and Others. (Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding) 1811. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg.
8vo.(4.5" x 7.5") Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding. 322 pp. Full variegated leather with double gilt rule framing covers. Rebacked spine using original leather with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to chipped red leather to second compartment, gilt author to red leather in third, gilt year at foot in red leather, all other compartments with gilt decoration. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Heavy gilt dentelle turn-ins over pastedowns. Minor edgewear, covers lightly scuffed. Large-paper Edition, illustrated with seven hand-colored full plate engravings in a beautiful Zaehnsdorf Binding.
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swift".
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Condition
Near Fine
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