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SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ... by Lemuel Gulliver. London: Benj[amin] Motte, 1726.
2 volumes, 8o (192 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gulliver and 6 plates. (Some very minor browning and occasional soiling, K2 in vol. 2 with small hole affecting signature mark.) Contemporary panelled calf, covers with varying border of fillets, dots, dotted semi-circles and floral tools around contrasting center panels (calf antique rebacking). Provenance: Gilbert Elliot (early signature on titles).
FIRST EDITION, Teerink's A edition, portrait of Gulliver in the second state. The Travels were written in Ireland, probably between 1720 and 1725, and Swift brought the finished manuscript to England with him when he left Dublin for London in March 1726. As the time of publication approached, it was frequently discussed by his friends, but even after it appeared on 28 October 1726 Swift kept up the public pretence of having had no hand in it. Ashley VI, p.28; Grolier English 42; Rothschild 2104; Teerink 289; PMM 185.
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FIRST EDITION, Teerink's A edition, portrait of Gulliver in the second state. The Travels were written in Ireland, probably between 1720 and 1725, and Swift brought the finished manuscript to England with him when he left Dublin for London in March 1726. As the time of publication approached, it was frequently discussed by his friends, but even after it appeared on 28 October 1726 Swift kept up the public pretence of having had no hand in it. Ashley VI, p.28; Grolier English 42; Rothschild 2104; Teerink 289; PMM 185.