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SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). The Adventures of Captain Gulliver, in a voyage to the islands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Abridged from the works of the celebrated Dean Swift. Adorned with cuts. London [i.e. Gainsborough] printed for P. Osborne & T. Griffin in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, 1785.
32° (98 x 64mm). Collation: A-H8. Woodcut frontispiece and 19 woodcuts in text, most within fleuron borders. (A1 and H8 pastedowns; E4 mis-signed E2; lacking A8). Dutch flowered paper over boards (appropriately re-backed), housed in a maroon linen case with marbled paper lining. Not in Teerink.
The details correspond in all germane respects to E. Newbery's edition (Roscoe J5), with the original simple woodcuts very simply copied (see the Harris edition below at lot ???). The book thus stands as an example of a Mozley piracy, to some extent disguised by the spurious London imprint.
32° (98 x 64mm). Collation: A-H8. Woodcut frontispiece and 19 woodcuts in text, most within fleuron borders. (A1 and H8 pastedowns; E4 mis-signed E2; lacking A8). Dutch flowered paper over boards (appropriately re-backed), housed in a maroon linen case with marbled paper lining. Not in Teerink.
The details correspond in all germane respects to E. Newbery's edition (Roscoe J5), with the original simple woodcuts very simply copied (see the Harris edition below at lot ???). The book thus stands as an example of a Mozley piracy, to some extent disguised by the spurious London imprint.