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

People / Organizations

• Jonathan Swift (Author)

Imprint

London?] : [s.n.], Anno M.DCC.XI. [1711

Publication year

1711

ESTC No.

N13640

Grub Street ID

3539

Description

310 p. ; 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift

This edition has "Pans" on p.69, line 7 from foot; "videre" on p.164, line 21 from top; "camelaanthi" in quotation on titlepage

Pp. 187-90 misnumbered "188-191"; p. 264 misnumbered "164"

Includes: 'A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit'

The 'Battel' and the 'Discourse' have separate titlepages; the pagination and register are continuous

With an initial advertisement leaf

Second printed of the four small duodecimo editions dated 1711. Resetting throughout of the first of these editions (ESTC N13639) and provides the copy for sheet C of the third edition (ESTC T49839). For more information about these editions and about the examined copies, see See James E. May, (97-101 in James E. May,<1B><28>3z<1B><73><1B><28>BThe Duodecimo Editions of Swift\U+2019\s A Tale of a Tub (<1B><73><1B><28>3z<1B><73><1B><28>B1711<1B><73><1B>< ><28>3y) < <1B><73><1B><28>Band A Complete Key to the Tale of a Tub (1714),<1B><73><1B><28>3y <1B><73>!Ain Reading Swift: Papers from the Sixth M"unster Symposium on Jonathan Swift. Edited by Hermann J. Real, Kirsten Juhas, and Sandra Simon. Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2013, pp. 95-130

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