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SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ... by Lemuel Gulliver. London: for Benjamin Motte, 1726.
2 volumes, 8° (192 x 119mm). Engraved portrait by Sheppard, four engraved maps and two engraved plans, metalcut initials and ornaments. (Some light foxing and browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, with polished calf panel (some wear to spine, small tear repaired). Provenance: Catherine Michell (18th-century ownership inscription); Jolliffe (armorial bookplate). Teerink's 'AA' edition. The portrait is in a state not recorded by Teerink: the inscription around the oval reading 'LVIII'. Teerink 290. (2)
2 volumes, 8° (192 x 119mm). Engraved portrait by Sheppard, four engraved maps and two engraved plans, metalcut initials and ornaments. (Some light foxing and browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, with polished calf panel (some wear to spine, small tear repaired). Provenance: Catherine Michell (18th-century ownership inscription); Jolliffe (armorial bookplate). Teerink's 'AA' edition. The portrait is in a state not recorded by Teerink: the inscription around the oval reading 'LVIII'. Teerink 290. (2)