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A meditation upon a broom-stick, and somewhat beside : of the same author's
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1710
The first ode of the second book of Horace paraphras'd : and address'd to Richard St--le, Esq
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729); Horace
1714
Signatures: A⁴, B². First edition, second issue, with catchword 'Thou' at foot of p.3 cf. Rothschild 2052. Teerink (p.260) records 2 issues of the first (London) edition, one dated 1713, with cat...
The dreamer
King, William (1685-1763); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1754
First edition. Two page book-list at end. A footnote on p. 81-89 includes "The Answer, by Dr. Swift", a poem described as "never... published in any edition of the Dean's works". The answer is to ...
Baucis and Philemon: : a poem on the ever lamented loss of the two yew-trees in the parish of Chilthorne, near the county of Somerset, together with Mrs. Harris's earnest petition
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Hammond, Anthony (1668-1738); Hills, Henry (1710); Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685)
1709
Freely adapted from the episode of Baucis and Philemon in the eighth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Foxon S801 noting that the Ode is 'actually by Anthony Hammond and reprinted in his A new miscellan...
Baucis and Philemon: : a poem on the ever lamented loss of the two yew-trees in the parish of Chilthorne, near the county of Somerset, together with Mrs. Harris's earnest petition
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Hammond, Anthony (1668-1738); Hills, Henry (1710); Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685)
1709
Freely adapted from the episode of Baucis and Philemon in the eighth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Foxon S801 noting that the Ode is 'actually by Anthony Hammond and reprinted in his A new miscellan...
Ars pun-ica, sive Flos linguarum : The art of punning; or, The flower of languages; : in seventy-nine rules: for the farther improvement of conversation and help of memory
Sheridan, Thomas (1687-1738); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
[1719?]
Written by Thomas Sheridan, with contributions by Swift and others. Cf. Teerink. Verso of t.p. (p. [2]), p. [xiv] and p. [5] at end blank. Title in double rule box; head-pieces.
The beasts confession to the priest, on observing how most men mistake their own talents
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1738
Signatures: [A]-C⁴(last leaf blank). Teerink also records a "second edition" which he states is the same printing except for the title, to which the words "The second edition" have been added. A t...
City cries, instrumental and vocal, or, An examination of certain abuses, corruptions, and enormities, in London and Dublin
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Van der Gucht, Gerard (1696-1776)
1732
Originally published in Dublin as "An examination of certain abuses, corruptions, and enormities in the city of Dublin," 1732. Cf. NUC pre-1956. The final paragraph is new. Advertisements (2 p.) at ...
A discourse of the contests and dissensions between the nobles and the commons in Athens and Rome : with the consequences they had upon both those states
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1701
Written by Jonathan Swift. Cf. ESTC. Teerink & Scouten identify this as the "second issue," largely reset. The unbroken rules on the t.p. and the reading "be worth remarking" (p.9, line 7) are point...
Travels into several remote nations of the world : In four parts (v.1-2)
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Motte, Benjamin (1738)
1726
Teerink 291. The "B" edition (3rd 8vo ed.), publ. Dec. 1726.", with the portrait in the second state (with the inscription "Captain Lemuel Gulliver..." round the oval rather than underneath); there is...
Travels into several remote nations of the world : In four parts (v.1)
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1727
By Jonathan Swift. The four parts have individual part-titles and pagination; parts 3 and 4 have separate signatures. The t.p. to v. 2 bears the imprint: Benjamin Motte; the edition statement to v...