Collation: The same as the preceding copy.
SWIFT, Jonathan.—(I.) Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, Firſt a Surgeon, and then a Captain of ſeveral Ships. Vol. I. London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street. M dcc xxvi. (II.) Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. By Captain Lemuel Gulliver. Vol. II. Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan. Part IV. A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms. London: Printed for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple-Gate. M dcc xxvi. 8vo, four parts in two volumes, red straight-grain morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
An uncut copy of one of four editions published in 1726. Presumably the first edition, with the misprints "subsidues," instead of "subsidies," Part I, page 35, line 5, and "ebe Houyhnhmns" in the running headline, Part IV, page 165.
Portrait of Gulliver by Sturt and Sheppard, with inscription around the oval and two lines of Latin beneath; also six maps.
Collation: I. A1 (verso blank). Contents, A2 recto. "The Publisher to the Reader," signed Richard Sympson, A2 verso-A4. Title of Part I, 1726, with floral ornament, A5 recto. Contents, A5 verso-A6. Pages i-xii. Text of Part I, A7-K8, in eights. Pages 1-148.
Title of Part II, 1726, A1 (verso blank). Contents, A2-A3, Plate II, A4 (recto blank). Text of Part II, B1-M2, in eights. Pages 1-164.
II. Title, A1 (verso blank). Contents, A2-A3. Plate III, A4 (recto blank). Text of Part III, B1-L5, in eights. Pages 1-154.
Title of Part IV, A1 (verso blank). Contents, A2-A4. Text, B1-O4 (verso blank). Pages 1-199. Key dated "Jan. Feb. March. 1743," one leaf (verso blank).
SWIFT, Jonathan.—(I.) Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, Firſt a Surgeon, and then a Captain of ſeveral Ships. Vol. I. London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-ſtreet. M dcc xx vi. (II.) Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. By Captain Lemuel Gulliver. Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan. Part IV. A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms. London: Printed for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple-Gate. M DCC XXVI. 8vo, four parts in two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders in floral and bird design, doubled with red morocco, floral border, red figured silk guards, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Presumably the second edition. One of the three large paper copies on record, a second being in the British Museum. This one measures 9 by 5-3/8 inches, and besides the six maps, has a portrait of Gulliver without the inscription around the oval. Instead of two lines in Latin beneath, the legend is "Captain Lemuel Gulliver, of Redriff Ætat. ſuæ 58."