Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships.

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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships.

Engraved by: John Sturt (English, 1658–1730)
Engraved by: Robert Sheppard (English, active 1726–1740)
Author: Jonathan Swift (English, 1667–1745)
Publisher: Benjamin Motte (English, died in 1738)

1726

Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with seven engravings

Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 19.2 x 12.6 x 2.5 cm (7 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis

Accession Number27.1432a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

London: Benjamin Motte, 1726

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet V, 603; Herman Teerink, Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift (Philadelphia: 1963), nos. 289-91

Description(London: Benjamin Motte, 1726) Octavo, four parts in two volumes; [v. 1] 167 leaves, plus 3 plates; [v. 2] 184 ll., plus 4 pls.; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (Leighton).

Frontispiece portrait of "Gulliver"; maps; symbols.

ProvenanceCaroline Parker [signature on fol. A2r]; Henry Francis Redhead Yorke [bookplate]; Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844-1922); his widow, by whom bequeathed to MFA, 1927.