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Brotherton Collection6
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english wit and humor1
political satire, english1
puns and punning1
travelers1
voyages, imaginary1

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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)30
Effen, Justus Van (1684-1735)17
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)12
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)10
Desfontaines, Pierre-Francois Guyot (1685-1745)2
Le Sage, Georges-Louis (1676-1759)2
Scheurleer, Henri2
Swift, Jonathan2
Baker, J., Knight1
Chestney, Lillian1

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Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)

1909

Limited edition of 750 copies, signed by the artist.

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Gulliver's travels

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Kushner, Daniel; Chestney, Lillian

[between 1950 and 1959]

First published, New York : Gilberton.

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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 politiques

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Effen, Justus van (1684-1735)

1733

Titles in red and black, with vignettes; head- and tailpieces; initials. "L'art de ramper en poesie" is by Martin Scribler [i.e. Alexander Pope]; and "L'art du mensonge politique" is by John Arbuthn...

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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 politiques

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Effen, Justus van (1684-1735)

1750

Titles in red and black, with vignettes; head- and tailpieces; initials. "L'art de ramper en poesie" is by Martin Scribler [i.e. Alexander Pope]; and "L'art du mensonge politique" is by John Arbuthn...

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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 politiques

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Effen, Justus van (1684-1735)

1750

Titles in red and black, with vignettes; head- and tailpieces; initials. "L'art de ramper en poesie" is by Martin Scribler [i.e. Alexander Pope]; and "L'art du mensonge politique" is by John Arbuthn...

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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 politiques

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Effen, Justus van (1684-1735)

1755

"L'art de ramper en poesie" is by Martin Scribler [i.e. Alexander Pope]; and "L'art du mensonge politique" is by John Arbuthnot.

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Le grand mistere, ou, L'art de mediter sur la garderobe, renouvellé et devoilé

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Desfontaines, Pierre-François Guyot (1685-1745); Le Sage, Georges-Louis (1676-1759)

1729

Issued with: Pensées hazardées sur les études, la grammaire, la rhétorique et la poëtique, by the same author. Each have separate title-pages, pagination is continuous. The first work is a tran...

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Le grand mistere, ou, L'art de mediter sur la garderobe, renouvellé et devoilé

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Desfontaines, Pierre-François Guyot (1685-1745); Le Sage, Georges-Louis (1676-1759)

1729

Issued with: Pensées hazardées sur les études, la grammaire, la rhétorique et la poëtique, by the same author. Each have separate title-pages, pagination is continuous. The first work is a tran...

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An Heroi-comical epistle from a certain doctor to a certain gentle-woman in defence of the most antient art of punning

Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

[1716]

In verse. Sometimes attributed to John Arbuthnot or Jonathan Swift. An answer to the prose God's revenge against punning, 1716, signed at end J. Baker, Knight, and sometimes attributed to Alexande...

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Productions d'esprit : contenant tout ce que les arts et les sciences ont de rare et de merveilleux

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Effen, Justus van (1684-1735); Saunier de Beaumont (1750)

1736

Adaptation by the Abbé Saunier de Beaumont of Justus van Effen's translation of the 'Tale of the Tub'.

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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.

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Le conte du tonneau : contenant tout ce que les arts et les sciences ont de plus sublime et de plus mystérieux; avec plusieurs autres pièces très-curieuses (v.1)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Effen, Justus van (1684-1735)

1757

Vol. 3 has imprint: à la Haye, Chez Henri Scheurleer, 1757. Title of vol. 3: Traité des dissentions entre les nobles et le peuple, dans les républiques d'Athenes et de Rome, etc. L'art de ramper ...

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