{"product_id":"1753-orrerys-remarks-on-life-writings-of-dr-jonathan-swift-antique-in-french","title":"1753 ORRERY'S Remarks on Life \u0026 Writings of Dr. JONATHAN SWIFT antique in FRENCH","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e [SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ORRERY, [John Boyle, Earl of (1707-1762)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lettres historiques et philologiques du comte d'Orreri, sur la vei et les ouvrages de Swift... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon and Paris: Chez Lambert; 1753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [8], 352 pp. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngraved frontisportrait. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull original French speckled calf. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilt ribbed spine with morocco label, edges sprinkled red, marbled endpapers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIRST EDITION in FRENCH OF ORRERY'S Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, published a year after the first.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrrery's work on Swift is the first attempt at a biography of Jonathan Swift Orrery was a friend of Swift's, and though the closeness of their relationship has been questioned, Swift entrusted to Orrery the manuscript to his Four Last Years of the Queen for delivery to Dr. King in Oxford, and Orrery was the go-between used by Pope to get his letters to Swift. On his death, Swift left Orrery a portrait and some silver plate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe English edition of Orrery's biography sold some 7,500 copies within a month.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis French edition was translated by Franois Lacombe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an uncommon book: \u003cbr\u003eESTC lists nine copies, three in North America (Cornell, McMaster, and the Huntington Library). Teerink 1333.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack joint beginning to crack with some chipping. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWormhole in last fifty pages of text, with no serious lost. Aside from that, a very good, attractive copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize 4 by 6 3\/4\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in French\u003cbr\u003e=================================\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52391076528430,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/207157-003jpg.jpg?v=1785896636","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1753-orrerys-remarks-on-life-writings-of-dr-jonathan-swift-antique-in-french","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}