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Title: The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift (1854) – Volumes II & III Only
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Printer: H.O. Houghton and Company (Riverside, Cambridge)
Binding: Period Half-Leather (Calf/Sheep) with Snail-Pattern Marbled Boards
Item Overview
Up for sale is a beautiful pair of mid-19th-century antiquarian books featuring the poetry and satire of Jonathan Swift. This listing includes Volume II and Volume III of a three-volume set published in Boston in 1854. The volumes feature a comprehensive biographical memoir written by the noted literary scholar Rev. John Mitford.
These books are excellent examples of early American publishing craftsmanship, printed at the historic Riverside Press by H.O. Houghton and Company, with stereotyping by Stone and Smart.
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