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Reflections on courtship and marriage : in two letters to a friend : wherein a practical plan is laid down for obtaining and securing conjugal felicity : to which is annexed, A letter to a very young lady on her marriage / by Dr. Swift ; together with two essays on jealousy, by Mr. Addison.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Teerink Collection HQ801 .R365 1779
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courtship--Early works to 1800.
- Courtship.
- Marriage--Early works to 1800.
- Marriage.
- Jealousy--Early works to 1800.
- Jealousy.
- Physical Description:
- vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered pages-141 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 19 cm (12mo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Sold by A. Thomson, R. Nicholson, T. Davidson, and W. Manson, 1779.
- Notes:
- Published anonymously.
- The two letters were formerly attributed to B. Franklin--cf. Miller, C.W. Franklin, 408.
- Addison's discourses ("Appendix to Reflections on courtship and marriage"; p. [119]-141) are taken from the Spectator, v. 3, no. 170-171, Sept. 14-15, 1711.
- The booksellers' names in the imprint are fictitious. Cf. ESTC.
- Signatures: A-F12.
- Engraved frontispiece (portrait of Swift).
- Last leaf blank.
- Local Notes:
- Not in Teerink-Scouten.
- Contains:
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Letter to a very young lady on her marriage.
- OCLC:
- 21933481
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