SWIFT, J. The Works of Jonathan Swift D.D.D.S.p.d. in eight volumes.

George Faulkner, Dublin, 1751, 1746. The volumes contains. 1 His miscellanies in prose 2 his poetical writings 3 The travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver 4 Papers relating to ireland, and the drapier's letters 5 The conduct of the allies, and the examiners 6 the publick spirit of the whiggs & c with polite conversation 7 Letters to and from Dr. swift 8 Directions to servants, sermons, poems &c. + Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift . In a Series of Letters . to his Son, the Honorable Hamilton Boyle. Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand, London, 1752. First London edition. Engraved portrait of Swift by B. Wilson, 1751. 2, 338, 11 pp. 8vo. The first attempt to give an account of the life and work of Swift. Orrery's book is, according to the DNB, "full of rancour and grudging criticism" -even though he and Swift had been good friends. First published in Dublin in the same year. Rothschild 1492; Teerink 1333;.

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