Miscellanea. The Third Part. Containing !. An Essay on Popular Discontents. II. An Essay Upon Health and Long Life. III. A Defence of the Esay Upon Antient and Modern Learning. With Some Other Pieces

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Dublin: Jonathan Swift, 1701. Sir William (1628-1699), a noted essayist of his time, employed Jonathan Swift as his secretary; Temple's Miscellanea was first issued in 1690; Swift republished the collection two years after the Baronet's death. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy, printed in London by Benjamin Tooke. Full leather binding of smoothe calf, decoratively stamped on the covers; four raised bands on the spine, deoratively stamped in gilt; red compartment with titling in gilt. Clean text; 368 pages; page ends sprinkled in red. The textblock is pristine, as bright as it was in 1701. There is an armorial bookplate on the front paste-down: ["The Right Hon. the Earl of Berkshire Lord Marshall of England. anno 1720." Assumed by Quercus to be Henry Bowes Howard, 4th Earl of Berkshire, 1686-1757.] Rubbing to the spine and two small splits at the ends of the rear cover. Corners lightly pushed; some scuffing and faint staining that establish the character of the book. A superior copy in its original binding. Later Printing. Full-Leather. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Título

Miscellanea. The Third Part. Containing !. An Essay on Popular Discontents. II. An Essay Upon Health and Long Life. III. A Defence of the Esay Upon Antient and Modern Learning. With Some Other Pieces

Editor

Jonathan Swift, Dublin

Fecha de publicación

1701

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

Later Printing.

Estado

Very Good (Plus)

Estado de la sobrecubierta

No Jacket

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