Miscellanies in Prose and Verse the First Volume
by Swift, Pope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Fleet Street, London: Printed for Benjamin Motte. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1728. Hardcover. Collection of poems and essays from Jonathon Swift, Alexander Pope. Strong binding and minor edgewear to leather bound volume. Pages show some foxingd and very minor damp stains, also remnants of apparent bookplate stuck to front free end paper and lightly pencilled notes from previous bookseller. Lovely crest bookplate still inside front cover for Chris. Jeaffreson, Esq. Dullingham. Notably clean and straight pages. Contents (abbreviated) include; Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, The Sentiments of a Church of England Man, A Project for the Advancement of Religion and the Reformation of Manners, A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons in Ireland, A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind, Predictions for the Year 1708, The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions, Squire Bickerstaff detected, A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. , A Proposal for correcting, improving and ascertaining the English Tongue, A Letter to a young Gentleman lately entered into Holy Orders, Thoughts on Various Subjects. ; 8 x 5 x 1 inches; 408 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Range & River Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44192
- Title
- Miscellanies in Prose and Verse the First Volume
- Author
- Swift, Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Printed for Benjamin Motte
- Place of Publication
- Fleet Street, London
- Date Published
- 1728
- Keywords
- Swift, Jonathon, Pope, Alexander, Antique, 18th Century, Glass Case, July
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles; Poetry; Essays;
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