A tale of a tub. : Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
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Type of record: Book
Title: A tale of a tub. : Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
Other titles: Battle of the books; Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit
Classmark: BC Lt SWI
Creator(s): Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Additional creator(s): Nutt, John (active 1690?-1711?) (Other); Wotton, William (1666-1727) (Other)
Publisher: Printed for John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1710
Language: English
Size and medium: 34 unnumbered pages, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plate
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/284974
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002034269705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
"A full and true account of the battel fought last Friday, between the antient and the modern books in St. James's library" and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit" have special title pages pagination and register are continous.
The first edition to contain the "Apology", the "Explanatory notes" and the plates.
Frontispiece engraving signed: B. Lens delin., J. Sturt sculp.
Published anonymously. By Jonathan Swift cf. ESTC.
Indexed in: References: Teerink-Scouten 222, ESTC t049835.
Additional description
With armorial bookplate of Leonard Smelt, 1719?-1800, dated 1747
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