A tale of a tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's library

All titles

• A tale of a tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's library
• Full and true account of the battel fought last Friday, between the antient and the modern books in St. James's library.

People / Organizations

• Jonathan Swift (Author)
• John Nutt ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for John Nutt [by Benjamin Motte], near Stationers-Hall, MDCCIV. [1704] The second edition corrected.; ..

Added name

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Battle of the books.; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit.; Motte, Benjamin, -1710, printer.; Nutt, John, bookseller.

Publication year

1704

ESTC No.

T49833

Grub Street ID

277576

Description

[12], 322 p. ; 8°.

Note

Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift

Printed by Benjamin Motte. "The second edition shares type set for the first on at least these 26 pages: A2 (title page), A3, A4v, A5, R1-Rv, R2v, R6-R8v, T5, U3, U4v, U5, U8v, X1, X2v, X3, X4v, X5, X7, and Y1v"-- p.94-95, May, James E. "Re-Impressed Type in the First Four Octavo Editions of A Tale of a Tub, 1704-1705." In "The First Wit of the Age : essays on Swift and his contemporaries in honour of Hermann J. Real", edited by Kirsten Juhas, Patrick M"uller, and Mascha Hansen, 85-108. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2013

With initial advertisment leaf: Treatises writ by the same author, ...

'A full and true account of the battel' and 'A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit' each have a separate dated title page; the pagination and register are continuous.