27th Feb, 2024 11:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
Lot 104
 

Jonathan Swift, The Works…, 19 vols., Dublin, 1768

Jonathan Swift

The Works…,

19 vols., mixed edition: Vol. 1, lacking frontispiece portrait, [Teerink-Scouten 52]; Vol. 2, lacking frontispiece portrait, [T-S 50]; Vol. 3, engraved frontispiece, with large stain to first 5 leaves and first map, 4 folding maps and 2 plans, [T-S 51A]; Vol. 4, [T-S 51A]; Vol. 5, B1 splitting at joint, [T-S 52]; Vol. 7, [T-S 51A]; Vol. 8, 1768 edition; Vol. 9, [T-S 51A]; Vols. 10-19, [T-S 52]; Vol. 14 with frontispiece bust of Swift, [T-S 52]; Vol. 16, final index leaf replaced by the equivalent from vol. 17; Vol. 17 with engraved frontispiece and signature of Nicholas P. Leader (Irish politician, 1773-1836) to front free endpaper; spotting and some staining, occasional loss and tears, majority lacking front free endpaper, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, spines with gilt morocco title label, tooled board edges, some wear to extremities, 12mo, George Faulkner, Dublin, 1737-1768;

with: Rev. John Barrett, An Essay on the Earlier Part of the Life of Swift…, first edition, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, for J. Johnson et al., 1808 (20)

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

 

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