Lot 127
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[Swift, Jonathan]
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Travels into several remote nations of the world: in four parts, by Lemuel Gulliver. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726. First edition, 4 parts in 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1, 6 plates, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper inner joint of volume 1 broken, corners rubbed, tear at lower inner margin of portrait, title-pages a little dusty, light paper discolouration throughout, possibly a composite set as volume 1 is a little taller, and the blind tooling is different on each volume
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Bruce Ritchie.
Note: Teerink 290 & 291. Printing and the mind of man 185. A mixed set, volume 1 Teerink AA and volume 2, B. The portrait is in the second state printed on paper with vertical chain lines.