The works of the reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin : in twenty volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Contributor:

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, editor.

Swift, Deane, 1707-1783, editor.

Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766, editor.

Wilkes, Thomas, -1786, editor.

Hawkesworth, Thomas, -1786, editor.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

20 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by George Faulkner, 1772.

Contents:

v. 1. Miscellanies in prose

v. 2. Poems on several occasions

v. 3. The travels of Lemuel Gulliver ... in four parts

v. 4. Tracts relating to Ireland. Among which, are the Drapier's letters

v. 5. The conduct of the allies, and the examiners

v. 6. The publick spirit of the whigs, ... with polite conversation

v. 7. Letters to and from several eminent persons from the year 1714, to 1738 ... Free thoughts upon the present state of affairs

v. 8. Directions to servants; and other pieces in prose and verse

v. 9. Letters to Governor Hunter. The history of the last session of Parliament, and the Peace of Utrecht ... A treatise on good-manners and good-breeding

v. 10. Sermons on several subjects; and other pieces on different occasions

v. 11. More of his literary correspondence ... An account of the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift.

v .12. Memoirs of the last years of Queen Anne's reign. Sermons on several occasions ... / collected and revised by Dean Swift

v. 13. Letters to and from many eminent persons. And poems on several occasions / collected and revised by Deane Swift

v. 14-16. Letters to and from several eminent persons, from the year 1703, to 1743 / with notes explanatory and historical by Thomas Birch, John Hawkesworth, and others

v. 17-19. Letters to and from several persons, from the year 1700 to 1742 ... / collected and revised by Deane Swift ; and illustrated with historical and explanatory notes, by the publisher

v. 20. The tale of a tub.

Notes:

Edited by George Faulkner.

Vol. 1 has general title page, other volumes have unique title pages.

According to Teerink "All these twenty volumes are earlier ones provided with new titles".

Vols. 12-13, and 17-19 have title: The works ... Collected and revised by Deane Swift ...; v. 14-16: The works ... With notes ... by the Rev. Thomas Birch ... John Hawkesworth ... and others.

Local Notes:

Copy 2 imperfect: v. 1 & 20 wanting.

Cited in:

Teerink-Scouten 48

ESTC T52807

OCLC:

23637957