SWIFT, Jonathan Le conte du tonneau, contenant tout ce que les arts et les sciences ont de plus sublime et de plus mysterieuses (…) [Vol. III: Traité des dissentions entre les nobles et le peuple]. Tome premier (- troisième). 1757 H. Scheurleer,...
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180 / 250
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260 €
Description
3 vols, 12mo, cont. mottled sheep (rubbed, tail vol. I dam., endpapers lifted), gilt spines on 5 raised bands, red edges, silk marker, [8]-xvj-[2]-312, [4]-xij-296, [4]-xvj-280 pp. (paper age-toned, some stains and paper flaws). Good set.
Rare The Hague ed. of the French trsl. (1st 1721) of “A tale of a tub” (1704) by J. Swift (1667-1745). At the end of v. III “L’art du mensonge politique”. Engr. ills : frontisp. (I) & 7 full-page pl. (6, 1 i.a. The Battle of the Books). Titles in red & black. Old name on titles. Bookseller’s stamp.
Rare The Hague ed. of the French trsl. (1st 1721) of “A tale of a tub” (1704) by J. Swift (1667-1745). At the end of v. III “L’art du mensonge politique”. Engr. ills : frontisp. (I) & 7 full-page pl. (6, 1 i.a. The Battle of the Books). Titles in red & black. Old name on titles. Bookseller’s stamp.
