Live auction - Lot 1192

SWIFT, Jonathan

Le conte du tonneau, contenant tout ce que les arts, & les sciences ont de plus sublime, et de plus mysterieux […] [trsl. from the English Justus van Effen]. Tome premier [- second].

The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1721

€ 150 / 250

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2 vol., 12mo: [24]-300-[14], [14]-286-[10] pp.

Cont. vellum (soiled), flat spine. Good copy.

1st edition of the French trsl. by the Dutch writer J. van Effen (1684-1735) of "The tale of a tub" (1704) by the great Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). This satire on religious excess was very popular and made its author famous. Titles in red & black. Ref. Conlon 21:687. - STCN (6, i.a. BL). Prov. Bookseller's stamps.

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Lot 1192

Le conte du tonneau, contenant tout ce que les arts, & les sciences ont de plus sublime, et de plus mysterieux […] [trsl. from the English Justus van Effen]. Tome premier [- second].

SWIFT, Jonathan

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