Property from the Library of John M. Schiff
[Swift, Jonathan]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver ... London: Benj. Motte, 1726
2 volumes 8vo (193 x 120 mm). Title-pages to each part, engraved portrait frontispiece (first state), woodcut head and tailpieces, woodcut initials, 5 engraved maps and another engraved plate; light scattered foxing and browning. Full contemporary dark brown paneled calf, spines with raised bands in 6 compartments, second compartments with brown morocco labels lettered in gilt; rebacked but with original spines preserved, rubbed at extremities, exposure to corners and some loss to spine.
First edition, first printing, Teerink's A edition, "of one of the earliest and greatest of all English novels, by the author who as a satirist ... has no equal in English for range, subtlety, and power" (Clive Probyn, ODNB).
REFERENCE:Teerink 289; PMM 185; Grolier, English 42
Property from the Library of John M. Schiff
[Swift, Jonathan]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver ... London: Benj. Motte, 1726
2 volumes 8vo (193 x 120 mm). Title-pages to each part, engraved portrait frontispiece (first state), woodcut head and tailpieces, woodcut initials, 5 engraved maps and another engraved plate; light scattered foxing and browning. Full contemporary dark brown paneled calf, spines with raised bands in 6 compartments, second compartments with brown morocco labels lettered in gilt; rebacked but with original spines preserved, rubbed at extremities, exposure to corners and some loss to spine.
First edition, first printing, Teerink's A edition, "of one of the earliest and greatest of all English novels, by the author who as a satirist ... has no equal in English for range, subtlety, and power" (Clive Probyn, ODNB).
REFERENCE:Teerink 289; PMM 185; Grolier, English 42
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