The Select Works of Jonathan Swift. (Including: The Tale of a Tub; Battle of the Books; Gulliver's Travels; Directions to Servants; Polite Conversation; Art of Punning; Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose, &c.).

SWIFT, Jonathan

Published by London: Hector M'Lean., 1823

About this Item

5 volume set, 5 1/2 inches tall. A delightful full Regency straight grain morocco with wide gilt raised bands and exuberant floral gilt tooling to the panels. A blind and gilt tooled lozenge is framed within a wide blind roll and twin gilt fillets. All edges gilt. There is a neat ink former owner's name, 'Sarah Darell Vawdrey' on the first blanks. Embellished with a portrait and engraved full page illustrations throughout. A charming selection of the works of this great Anglo-Irish writer in a fine binding.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1733311968078

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Select Works of Jonathan Swift. (Including: The Tale of a Tub; Battle of the Books; Gulliver's Travels; Directions to Servants; Polite Conversation; Art of Punning; Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose, &c.).
• Publisher: London: Hector M'Lean.
• Publication Date: 1823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine