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Swift, Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.

Swift, Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.

Swift, Jonathan. Miscellanies. The Eights Volume. The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 310 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

For detailed contents, please see photograph of the content pages.

Provenance: From the Library of Edmund Downey, Waterford. Not inscribed.

Our price: EUR 80,-- 

Swift, Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.
Swift, Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.
Swift, Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.
Swift, Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.

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