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Total number of records: 430

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Books and printed items427
Archives3

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English Literature288
Brotherton Collection204
Herbert Read Collection17
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse3
Cookery Collection2

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SubjectCount
english poetry6
voyages, imaginary6
irish prose literature (in english)5
spanish succession, war of, 1701-17144
travelers4
household employees3
irish poetry (in english)3
coinage2
english literature2
french literature2

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Great Britain35
Netherlands10
Europe9
Ireland4
Athens (Greece)1
Jamaica1
London (England)1
Rome1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)430
Hawkesworth, John (1715?-1773)78
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)44
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)44
Bowyer, William (1699-1777)42
Swift, Deane (1707-1783)42
Gay, John (1685-1732)24
Swift, Jonathan22
Nichols, John (1745-1826)19
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)19

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From 1700349
From 180050
From 190027
From 20001

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Up to 189951
Up to 199927
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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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Travels into several remote nations of the world : in four parts

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Naish, Theodore

1938

Cover title: Gulliver's travels.

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The history of the four last years of the Queen

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)

1758

"Published, without the editor's name, by Charles Lucas, M. D."--Dict. nat. biog.

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The history of the four last years of the Queen

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)

1758

"Published, without the editor's name, by Charles Lucas, M. D."--Dict. nat. biog.

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The history of the four last years of the Queen

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)

1758

"Published, without the editor's name, by Charles Lucas, M. D."--Dict. nat. biog.

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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

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1711

Published anonymously. By Swift. Leaves M2 and N12 blank. "Treatises writ by the same author...": verso of first leaf (recto blank). "A full and true account of the battel...": p. [215]-266, wit...

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The ladies lottery : or a new scheme for a ten thousand pound fortune

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

[1733?]

According to Dobell, quoted by Teerink no. 969, this is not by Swift, but is a reissue of "A scheme for a new lottery... by an Old Sports-man", 1732.

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Miscellanies (v.1)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1742-1751

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Miscellanies (v.1)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1742-1751

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Miscellanies (v.2)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1742-1751

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Miscellanies (v.3)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1742-1751

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