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Thomas Morten Hoey's Court
tree calf with gilt spines; and a 15 volume set printed for James Williams in 1774, bound in full contemporary calf with
gilt decorated spines. A 24 volume set
in the miniscule octodecimo (18mo) format, published in London from 1765
to 1775 contains copperplate illustrations. Gilbert held another set of The Works
of Jonathan Swift in eleven volumes, with two additional volumes, published by Faulkner in 1763-65, and a 19 volume set of The Works, with notes and a life of the author by Sir Walter Scott, published in Edinburgh in 1824.
Travels into Several Remote Nations
of the World. By Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships, to give the book its full title, was first published anonymously in London in October 1726. It found an immediate audience both for its savage political
and social satire and for its imaginative narratives, making it a favourite among readers. The first printing of Gulliver’s Travels sold out in a very short time and two further printings were issued in the same year. Critical notes and keys to the different voyages made their appearance in London shortly after publication, with Dean Swift identified as the author on
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