SWIFT, JONATHAN. 1667-1745. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver London: Benjamin Motte, 1726.
2 volumes. 8vo (185 x 118 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece (second state), 6 engraved maps and plans. Contemporary calf, rebacked, spines gilt with 5 raised bands, red morocco lettering pieces. Edges rubbed, margins slightly trimmed, a few ink markings.
Provenance: George Middleton (old armorial bookplate in volume I, predating re-backing).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Teerink's "A" edition, with the portrait in the second state, as found in all but the first 50 copies of this printing. It was published on 28 October 1726 and sold out within two weeks. "Of all the works of eighteenth-century English literature, it is probably Gulliver's Travels that is the best-known and most widely read today" (ODNB). Swift was one of the greatest satirists of his time, hiding behind his various noms de plume, he poked fun at the social and political issues of the day, "the Prince of pamphleteers and satirists" (PMM). When he brought the manuscript to England in March 1726, his first return there since 1714, "... to preserve his anonymity, Swift dealt with Motte by post and through intermediaries" (Lock, "The Text of Gulliver's Travels," Modern Language Review 76:3, 1981). "Gulliver's Travels has given Swift an immortality beyond temporary fame ... has achieved the final apotheosis of a satirical fable" (PMM 185). ESTC T139451; Grolier English 42; Rothschild 2104; Teerink 289 "A" edition.
SWIFT, JONATHAN. 1667-1745. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver London: Benjamin Motte, 1726.
2 volumes. 8vo (185 x 118 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece (second state), 6 engraved maps and plans. Contemporary calf, rebacked, spines gilt with 5 raised bands, red morocco lettering pieces. Edges rubbed, margins slightly trimmed, a few ink markings.
Provenance: George Middleton (old armorial bookplate in volume I, predating re-backing).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Teerink's "A" edition, with the portrait in the second state, as found in all but the first 50 copies of this printing. It was published on 28 October 1726 and sold out within two weeks. "Of all the works of eighteenth-century English literature, it is probably Gulliver's Travels that is the best-known and most widely read today" (ODNB). Swift was one of the greatest satirists of his time, hiding behind his various noms de plume, he poked fun at the social and political issues of the day, "the Prince of pamphleteers and satirists" (PMM). When he brought the manuscript to England in March 1726, his first return there since 1714, "... to preserve his anonymity, Swift dealt with Motte by post and through intermediaries" (Lock, "The Text of Gulliver's Travels," Modern Language Review 76:3, 1981). "Gulliver's Travels has given Swift an immortality beyond temporary fame ... has achieved the final apotheosis of a satirical fable" (PMM 185). ESTC T139451; Grolier English 42; Rothschild 2104; Teerink 289 "A" edition.
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