Other author/creator | Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773, editor. |
Other author/creator | Davis, Lockyer, 1719-1791, bookseller. |
Other author/creator | Davis, Robert, active 1764-1775, bookseller. |
Other author/creator | Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785, bookseller. |
Other author/creator | Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, bookseller. |
Other author/creator | Eden, John, Sir, 1740-1812, former owner. |
Other author/creator | L. Davis and C. Reymers (London, England) |
Uniform title | Correspondence |
Portion of title |
Letters |
Series |
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Works. 1754 ; 18-20. UNAUTHORIZED
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Local note | Joyner Rare copy v. 1-3 bound in matching set with v. 4-6 (cataloged separately). Vol. 2 mis-labeled 3 and vice-versa on the spines by the binder. All 6 volumes have armorial bookplate of Sr. John Eden Bart. with motto "Si sit prudentia." Vol. 2 is of another issue reprinted in the same year (1766): viii, 415 pages; signatures: A⁴ B-L⁸ N-O⁴ P-Ee⁸; Teerink 88A(1); ESTC T154629. |
General note | Vols. 4-6 of the 'Letters' were published in 1768. |
General note | Originally published London, 1766, in two volumes to accompany the 4° edition of Swift's Works, begun in 1755. This edition published in three volumes to accompany, as volumes 18-20, the large 8° edition of Swift's Works, begun in 1754-5. |
General note | Date in roman numerals. |
General note | Pagination: v. 1: xvi, 520 p.; v. 2: viii, 388 p.; v. 3: vii, [1], 371, [1] p. |
General note | Signatures: v. 1: A-Kk⁸ Ll⁴; v. 2: A⁴ B-Bb⁸ Cc²; v. 3: A⁴ B-Aa⁸ Bb². |
General note | "Index": v. 3, p. 349-371. |
References |
English short title catalogue, T140270 |
References |
Teerink, H. Bibliography of the writing of Jonathan Swift (2nd ed.), 88 |
Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy v. 1-6 purchased from Bristow & Garland, 11/11/2022 |
Genre/form | Personal correspondence. |
Genre/form | Letters 18th century. |