Lot 289

[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, vol.1 only, Teerink's 'B' edition, Benj.Motte, 1726 with spurious Vol.III & another (3)

 

Estimate: £600 - 800

Description

[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts in 1, first edition, Teerink's 'B' edition, engraved frontispiece in second state with vertical chain-lines, 2 engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing or browning, faint contemporary ink signature "?Ed. Wyatt 1727" to front free endpaper, modern calf preserving old calf lower board (rubbed), spine ruled in gilt, for Benj. Motte, 1726 § Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...Vol.III, 2 parts in 1, first edition of the spurious third volume, half-title, with pp.112-120 in part 1 misnumbered "110-118", lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate and engraved map from vol.2 of the genuine work (plates V & VI) bound in, occasional browning, a few stains, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, 1727; and a rather foxed and stained copy of Teerink's AA first edition of vol.1 with second state frontispiece, [Teerink 291, 292, & 290; Rothschild 2108], 8vo (3)

⁂ The second item is the famous pirated work containing 'A Second Voyage to Brobdingnag', 'A Voyage to Sporunda' (both imitations), and 'A Voyage to Sevarambia, &c.' taken from an earlier work by Denis de Veiras of 1675-9.

Description

[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts in 1, first edition, Teerink's 'B' edition, engraved frontispiece in second state with vertical chain-lines, 2 engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing or browning, faint contemporary ink signature "?Ed. Wyatt 1727" to front free endpaper, modern calf preserving old calf lower board (rubbed), spine ruled in gilt, for Benj. Motte, 1726 § Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...Vol.III, 2 parts in 1, first edition of the spurious third volume, half-title, with pp.112-120 in part 1 misnumbered "110-118", lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate and engraved map from vol.2 of the genuine work (plates V & VI) bound in, occasional browning, a few stains, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, 1727; and a rather foxed and stained copy of Teerink's AA first edition of vol.1 with second state frontispiece, [Teerink 291, 292, & 290; Rothschild 2108], 8vo (3)

⁂ The second item is the famous pirated work containing 'A Second Voyage to Brobdingnag', 'A Voyage to Sporunda' (both imitations), and 'A Voyage to Sevarambia, &c.' taken from an earlier work by Denis de Veiras of 1675-9.

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