[SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)]

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Lot 155 | [SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)]
[SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)]

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Lemuel Gulliver. London: Benj. Motte, 1726.

A near-fine first edition of Swift’s masterpiece, Teerink’s ‘B’ edition, in contemporary speckled calf. ‘Gulliver's Travels’ has long been considered the epitome of satirical fable writing and has become a classic tale for children. Teerink 291.



2 volumes, octavo (190 x 115mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in the second state, 6 engraved plates (occasional extremely faint and insignificant spotting and browning). Contemporary speckled calf (extremities fractionally rubbed with a little wear to head of spine of vol. II, upper joints to both vols just starting to crack, otherwise a very good copy). Provenance: Robert Bristow (either 1688-1737, MP for Winchelsea, 1708-1737, or his son, also Robert, 1712-1776, also MP for Winchelsea 1738-1741; 18th-century engraved armorial bookplates) – Frank Graham (of Newcastle on Tyne; 20th-century bookplate).





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