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's Library.
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
Category
Books
Date
1743
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3091662
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xvi, [6], 220 p., frontis., [7] pl. . 8vo.. Provenance: Entered in 1906 typescript Stourhead Library catalogue: p. 551, S.8/W.8. Binding: Eighteenth-century polished calf, gold-framed, gold-ruled spine, red spine-label, gold-lettered 'Swifts / Works'; spine numbered '13' in a 14-volume mixed set.
Makers and roles
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) Richard Bentley (1662 - 1742) Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, KT, MP (1674-1731) William Wootton (1666 - 1727)