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A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvement of mankind : to which is added, An account of a battle between the ancient and modern books in St. James's Library : also a Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit in a letter to a friend, a fragment : with the author's apology and explanatory notes / by W. Wotton, B.D. and others.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Teerink Collection PR3724 .T3 1769
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- lxix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Account of a battle between the ancient and modern books in St. James's Library
- Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed by G. Faulkner, 1769.
- Notes:
- "A full and true account of the battle fought last Friday between the ancient and the modern books in St.James's Library": p. [191]-243.
- "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit": p.[245]-286.
- Also issued as vol.20 of: 'The works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, .. In twenty volumes.' Dublin, 1772.
- Cited in:
- Teerink-Scouten 244
- ESTC t121943
- Contains:
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Battle of the books.
- Full and true account of the battle fought last Friday, between the ancient and the modern books in St. James's Library.
- OCLC:
- 249282111
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