Swift (Jonathan) Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Swift (Jonathan) Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel Gulliver, 4 parts in 2 vol., second 8vo edition, Teerink's AA edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 6 plates of maps and diagrams, 5 titles, woodcut head and tail pieces and decorative initials, Benj[amin] Motte, 1726-1727; with the spurious third edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece, 18th century armorial bookplate to verso of main title page, pp.112-120 in part 1 misnumbered "110-118"; foxing and browning, a few tears and small losses to vol.1 (not affecting text), contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumped to corners, housed in a modern cloth slipcase, slightly bumped, [Teerink 290, 292; ESTC T139450, T139029], 8vo, 1727 (3)

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