A complete collection of genteel and ingenious conversation, according to the most polite mode and method now used at court, and in the best companies of England. In three dialogues. By Simon Wagstaff, Esq;.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3221710
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], lxxxvi, [2], 215, [1] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7400. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern along board edges; double gilt fillet decoration on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), author