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
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- 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.
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London : printed for John Nutt [by Benjamin Motte], near Stationers-Hall, MDCCIV. [1704]
The third edition corrected.; ..
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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.
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- 1704
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- T49834
- Grub Street ID
- 277577
- Description
- [12], 322 p. ; 8°.
- Note
- Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift
Printed by Benjamin Motte. "The third edition reimposes type-settings shared with the second edition on at least these 163 pages (excluding blanks in the runs): A2, D1-D8v, E1, E2v-E3, E4v, E5, E6v; G1-H8v K4, K5v, K7v-K8; N1-O8v P1-P1v, P2v-P7 [some type is reused on the separate title-page P8, but it is largely reset and thus not counted; P7v and P8v are excluded as blank], Q1-1v, Q2v-Q8v, R1v-R2, R4, R5v, R6, R7v-R8, S1-T8v [T4v and T5v are blank], X1v-X2, X3v-X4, X5v, X6, and X7v-X8." In addition stop-press corrections occur on "on B4/7, C5v/28, D3v/38, Q4v/232, S5v/266, and S7v/270." - p. 96, 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
'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.