First edition. At page 279 is a title, as follows: "A Discourse concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit," etc.; the pagination, however, continues without interruption, showing an omission on the first title, for the conditions are the same as those governing the Battle of the Books.
SWIFT, Jonathan.—(I-II.) Le Conte du Tonneau, Contenant tout ce que les Arts, & les Sciences Ont de plus Sublime Et le plus Mysterieux; Avec plusieurs autres Pieces très-curieuses. Par Jonathan Swift . . . Traduit de l'Anglois. A La Haye, Chez Henri Scheurleer, M.DCC.XXXII. (III.) Traité des Dissensions entre les nobles et le peuple, Dans les Républiques d'Athenes & de Rome, &c. L'Art de ramper en Poesie, et l'Art du mensonge Politique; . . . pour servir de Suite au Conte du Tonneau. A Amsterdam, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie. M.DCC.XXXIII. 12mo, three volumes, green morocco, gilt back and sides, red silk linings, gilt over uncut edges, by Dérome.
Seven curious copper-plate engravings illustrate the first volume.
SWIFT, Jonathan.—A Tale of a Tub, written for the universal improvement of mankind. . . . To which is added, an Account of a Battle between The Ancient and Modern Books in St. James's library: With the author's apology, and explanatory notes, by W. Wotton, B. D. and others. . . . London: printed for Thomas Tegg, . . . 1811. Crown 8vo, Scotch plaid silk, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Coloured frontispiece by Rhodes after Thurston, and six other coloured plates.
SWIFT, Jonathan.—Part of the Seventh Epistle of the First Book of Horace imitated: and Address'd to a Noble Peer. London: Printed for A. Dodd, at the Peacock without Temple-Bar. 1713. Price 3d. 4to, calf, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition.
Collation: Title, A1 (verso blank). Text, A2-B2, in fours. Pages 1-12.
SWIFT, Jonathan.—Les Trois Justaucorps, conte bleu, tiré de l'Anglois du Révérend Mr. Jonathan Swif. . . . avec les Trois Anneaux, nouvelle tirée de Boccace. A Dublin. M.DCC.XXI. 8vo, red morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Dérome.
Two pieces in one volume, the second, "Recueil de Pieces Serieuses, Comiques, et Burlesques." [S. L.] M.DCC.XXI.