Swift´s Tale of a Tub 1704
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SWIFT´S TALE OF A TUB 1704. (SWIFT, JONATHAN). A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Univeresal Improvement of Mankind. [...] To which is added, An Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James´s Library. The Second Edition Corrected. London, printed for John Nutt, 1704.
8vo. 190 x 115 mm. (11), 322 pp. Worn contemorary sprinkled calf with gilt spine and tooleds boards. Spine extremities frayed, cracks in hinges. A few minor stains. Small rusthole, with minimal loss of print pp. 43-44. Old owners´ inscriptions on front board inside and on front fly leaf.
Second edition, printed the same year as the first.
Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.
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Auktionsnummer:
521966
Datum:
2018-02-25