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LOT 374
SOLD €700,00

[Jonathan Swift. With the rare second volume] Vertelsel van de ton,

Behelzende het merg van alle kunsten en weetenschappen (...). Mitsgaders een verhaal van den strydt der boeken in de boekzaal van St.James. Door den beroemden Dr. Swift. Uit het Engelsch vertaalt door P. Le Clercq. Amsterdam, Voor rekening van de Compagnie, 1735 (volume 1)/ Utrecht, Arnoldus Lobedanius, 1743 (volume 2), two volumes, (64),325,(1); (14),426,(4) p., with engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates, contemporary uniform half calf, gilt and ribbed back with morocco letterpiece (very good copy).

Buisman 2225. The first part of this Dutch translation is traceable; however, it rarely happens that the second part or both parts together are offered. The original titles were: A tale of tub and The battle of the books (both 1704).

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