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The Resource A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvements of mankind : to which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library

A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvements 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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Edition
The third edition, corrected.
Extent
[12], 322 p.
Note
  • "A full and true account of the battel ..." and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit" have special title pages
  • Signatures: A6 B-X8 Y2
  • Pages 46 and 198 mispaginated 64 and 298
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A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvements of mankind : to which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
Title
A tale of a tub
Title remainder
written for the universal improvements 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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Contributor
Bookseller
Language
eng
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CLU
Citation location within source
  • T49834
  • 219
  • VI:4
Citation source
  • ESTC
  • Teerink, H. Bibliography of Swift
  • Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.)
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Label
A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvements of mankind : to which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "A full and true account of the battel ..." and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit" have special title pages
  • Signatures: A6 B-X8 Y2
  • Pages 46 and 198 mispaginated 64 and 298
Dimensions
20 cm (8vo)
Edition
The third edition, corrected.
Extent
[12], 322 p.
Note
  • Clark Library copy: bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, with title in gilt on red spine label. All edges speckled red.
  • Spec. Coll. copy: bound in contemporary calf; alternating concentric borders of smooth and mottled calf; gold-stamped red morocco spine label, with title "Swift. Tale of a tub;" imprint date "1704" stamped in gilt at base of spine.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)81963182
  • ucoclc81963182
Label
A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvements of mankind : to which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
Publication
Note
  • "A full and true account of the battel ..." and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit" have special title pages
  • Signatures: A6 B-X8 Y2
  • Pages 46 and 198 mispaginated 64 and 298
Dimensions
20 cm (8vo)
Edition
The third edition, corrected.
Extent
[12], 322 p.
Note
  • Clark Library copy: bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, with title in gilt on red spine label. All edges speckled red.
  • Spec. Coll. copy: bound in contemporary calf; alternating concentric borders of smooth and mottled calf; gold-stamped red morocco spine label, with title "Swift. Tale of a tub;" imprint date "1704" stamped in gilt at base of spine.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)81963182
  • ucoclc81963182

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