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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[London?] : [publisher not identified], 1711.
Subjects:	Satire, English > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century > Early works to 1800. Intellectual life. Great Britain. 1700-1799 Piracies (Publishing) > 18th century. Satires.

Description
Item Description:	"Treatises writ by the same author ... ": page [2]; page [1] is blank. "A full and true account of the battel fought last Friday, between the antient and the modern books in St. James's library" (pages [215]-266)--and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit in a letter to a friend : a fragment / [by Jonathan Swift]" (pages [269]-310) each have special title page ; paging and collation are continuous throughout. Leaf I5 wrongly signed I3. This edition has "Highnoss" on page16, line 3 from top; "your" on page 50, line 1 from top. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:	310 pages ; 15 cm