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The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, accurately revised in twelve volumes, adorned with copper-plates; with some account of the author's life, and notes historical and explanatory, by John Hawkesworth [electronic resource].

Author
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published
London : printed for C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch, and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley and W. Bowyer, 1754-55.
Physical Description
12 volumes,plates : engr.music,maps ; 8⁰.
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Vols. 1, 10-12 are dated 1755; vols. 2-9, 1754.
The imprints to vols. 2-4, 6 read: "Printed for C. Bathurst"; that to vol. 5: "Printed for C. Bathurst, C. Hitch and L. Hawes"; those to vols. 7, 12: "Printed for C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer"; those to vols. 8-10: "Printed for C. Davis, J. Hodges, and W. Bowyer"; and to vol. 11: "Printed for C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, C. Bathurst, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer".
Titlepages in red and black.
Vol. 3: "G8(pp.85-6) cancelled, but reprinted, provided with a footnote on p. [86], as H1" (Teerink).
Vol. 4: 'A key to the lock', sigs. [T]-[U]8 (pp. [267]-298) has been inserted after sig. S5 (p. 266).
Vol. 8: Sigs. 2A6-2A8, 2B-2D are apparently cancelled; the verso of sig. 2A5 is numbered 360-414.
A further five volumes, octavo, of 'The works', published 1764-75, as well as six volumes of 'Letters', 1766-68, and 'A supplement to Dr. Swift's works' in two volumes, 1776-79, were intended to accompany these 12 volumes.
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Available online to authorized PSU users as part of the Literature and language series of Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Reviewed/Cited In
Teerink-Scouten, 88
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT140266.
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