12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]
by Jonathan Swift; with notes by John Hawkesworth; Deane Swift
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- Condition
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- Black Swan Books, Inc. (US)
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- 12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]
- Author
- Jonathan Swift; with notes by John Hawkesworth; Deane Swift
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Published and printed variously by C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, W. Bowyer, L. Dav
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1768
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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