Swift, Jonathan.

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. For Benjamin Motte, 1726
PAPER

8vo (190 x 117mm.), 2 volumes, mixed edition (Teerink's "B" edition of volume 1 and "AA" edition of volume 2), frontispiece portrait in volume 1 in second state (with legend around the oval frame), 5 engraved maps, one engraved diagram, contemporary calf gilt, all edges gilt, upper cover detached from volume 1, backstrip on same volume partially detached, portions of the text browned, modern inscription, binding worn at edges

Literature

Teerinck 291, 290

Condition

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