27th Jan, 2016 10:00

Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts
 
  Lot 122
 
Lot 122 - [SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745) & Thomas SHERIDAN...

[SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745) & Thomas SHERIDAN (1687-1738)]. The Intelligencer. London: "Reprinted, and sold by A. Moor," [but William Bowyer], 1729. Numbers 1-19, 8vo. Headpieces and ornaments (some light mainly marginal staining). Contemporary panelled calf (joints split, rubbed and scuffed). FIRST LONDON EDITION. Rothschild 2115; Teerink 64. Reprint of the first nineteen issues of a weekly newspaper first published in Dublin. The publisher "A. Moor" was an invention, designed to reduce the likelihood of legal action against the printer and publisher. With The Universal Advertiser or, A Collection of Essays, Moral, Political and Entertaining: together with Addresses from Several Corporate and other Bodies in Ireland ... and the Authentic History of Doctor Hellebore; with other Interesting Particulars, not inserted in a former Impression (Dublin, 1754, contemporary calf, rebacked). (2)

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