The select works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; . containing the whole of his poetical work, the Tale of a tub, Battle of the books, Gulliver's Travels, Directions to servants, Polite conversation, Art of pruning, miscellaneous pieces in prose, &c. In five volumes, embellished with engravings.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3124037.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3, plate . ill.. (port..) . 16cm.. Provenance: Binding stamp combining the Hervey and Upton arms [Frederick William Hervey (1769-1859), 1st Marquess of Bristol m.1798 Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton (1775-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full green grained leather binding; gilt fillet and gilt tooled border; spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Swift's Select Works. 1823".
Makers and roles
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)