- 280
[Swift, Jonathan]
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- [Swift, Jonathan]
- To Doctor D-l---y, on the libels writ against him. Dublin, 1730.
- paper
8vo, first edition, 16pp., disbound, slightly spotted
Literature
Foxon S913; Teerink 693; Rothschild 2122.
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A charming poem, of which no copy has appeared at auction in the last fifty years, in which Swift declares a kind of truce. Swift had begun the squabble himself with the delivery of a "Christmas Box" (see lots 278 and 279), but in the end he was moved to defend his friend against the various "libels" to which he had been subjected. Swift's feeling that enough was enough had been conveyed to Pope in a letter of May 2, 1730: "There is a knot of little fellows here, either in the University or among the younger clergy, who deal in verse, and sometimes shrewdly enough. These have been pestering Dr. Delany for several months past."