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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 CollectionPR3724 .T3 1727
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 220 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm (12mo)
- Edition:
- The seventh edition / with the author's apology and explanatory notes by W. W-tt-n, B.D. and others.
- Other Title:
- Account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's Library
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleet-Street, 1727.
- Notes:
- W. W--tt--n = William Wotton.
- "A full and true account of the battel fought last Friday between the antient and the modern books in St.James's Library": p. [153]-189.
- "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit": p.[191]-220.
- Cited in:
- Teerink-Scouten 233
- ESTC t073685
- Contains:
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Battle of the books.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit.
- 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:
- 63587137
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