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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.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Teerink Collection PR3724 .T3 1705
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 322 ; 19 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The fourth edition corrected.
- Other Title:
- Account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Nutt, 1705.
- Notes:
- "A full and true account of the battel fought last Friday between the atient and the modern books in St. James's Library" has special t.p.--p. [223]-278.
- "A Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit in a letter to a friend, a fragment" has special t.p.--p. [279]-322.
- With an initial advertisement leaf.
- Cited in:
- Teerink-Scouten 220
- ESTC t135307
- Contains:
- Full and true account of the battel fought last Friday, between the antient and the modern books in St. James's Library.
- Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit.
- OCLC:
- 187539197
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