Lot 400
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[Swift, Jonathan]
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A tale of a tub. London, 1704. Second edition, 8vo [including] A full and true account of the Battel fought last Friday, between the ancient and the modern books in St. James's library, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed at edge; Stone, Edmund Euclid's elements of geometry. London, 1728. 8vo, advertisement leaf at rear, contemporary calf, hinges splitting, rubbed, foxing; King, W. The art of love in imitation of Ovid... London, [no date]. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary paneled calf, hinges cracking, rubbed; Goldsmith, Oliver The vicar of Wakefield. London, 1797. New edition, 8vo, later red morocco by Riviere, rubbed at edges; Jennings, Rev. David Jewish antiquities. London, 1766. 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, hinges cracking; [Ainslie, H.] A pilgrimage to the land of Burns. Deptford, 1822. 8vo, frontispiece, eratta slip, original boards, hinges strengthened inside and out; Buxtorf, J. Synagoga Judaica. Frankfurt, 1738. 16mo, title in red and black, contemporary calf, worn, pencil notes throughout; Wierx, H. A series of 13 small engravings by Hieronymous Wierx. [No place, no date], each approx 10.5 x 7cm, modern cloth; and 5 others (13)