Volume 3

The bibliographer's manual of English literature : containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing; with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold / By William Thomas Lowndes.

  • Lowndes, William Thomas, 1798?-1843.
Date:
1871
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Credit: The bibliographer's manual of English literature : containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing; with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold / By William Thomas Lowndes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Swift, Jonathan, D.D.—continued. Miscellanies. (A reprint of the preceding.) Lond. B. Motte, 1733, l‘2mo. 4 vols. Miscellanies (with two additional volumes). Lond. 1736,12mo. 6 vols. Art of Cookery. Lond. u. d. 8vo. Some Advice humbly offered to the Members of the October Club, in a Letter from a person of honour. Lond 1712, 8vo. T-l-nds Invitation to Dismal, to dine with the Calves-liead Club; imitated from Horace, Epist. v. lib. i. single sheet. (Anon.) 1712, n. p. folio. The Conduct of the Allies, and of the late Ministry, in beginning and carrying on the pi’esent War, Lond. 1712, 8vo. Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty between her Majesty and the States- General; to which are added the said Barrier-Treaty, with the two separate articles, &c. Lond. 1712, 8vo. A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English tongue; in a Letter to Robert, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. Lond. 1712, 8vo. [Reflexions on Dr. Swift’s Letter about the English Tongue. Lond. n. d. 8vo.] Law is a Bottomless Pitt, exemplified in the case of Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon, who spent all they had in a Law-suit. Printed from a MS. found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphrey Polesworth. (Part I.) Lond. (March) 1712, 8vo. John Bull in his Senses; being the second part of ‘ Law is a Bottomless-Pit.’ Lond. (March) 1712, 8vo. John Bull in his Senses; being the third part of Law is a Bottomless Pit, &c. Lond. (March) 1712. An Appendix to John Bull still in his Senses, &c. Lond. 1712. Lewis Baboon turned Honest, and John Bull Politician; being the fourth part of ‘Law is a Bottomless-Pit.’ Lond. (June) 1712,8vo. These four parts and Appendix, which, though always included in Swift's works, are written by Dk. Arbuthnot, were frequently reprinted, and at length inserted, with some alterations, in the ‘Miscellanies of Pope, Swift, Gay, and Arbuthnot.' The Importance of the Guardian con- sidered, in a second Letter to the Bailiff of Stockbridge. Bya Friend of Mr. St—le. (Anon.) Lond. 1713, 8vo. The Character of Rich. St—le, Esq., with some remarks, by Toby, Abel’s kins- man ; or according to Mr. Calamy A. F. and N. in a Letter to his Godfather. Lond. 1713, 8vo. [Attributed by Smedley to Dean Swift, but supposed to be chiefly written by Wagstaffe.] A Preface to [Gilb. Burnet! the B p of 8-r-nm’s Introduction to the third vo-1 lume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England. By Gregory Miso-Sarum. Lond. 1713, 8vo.—Second edtion. Lond. 1713, 8vo. Part of the seventh Epistle of the first Book of Horace imitated, and addressed to a noble Peer. (Anon.) Lond. 1713, 4to, The First Ode of the Second Book of Horace paraphrased, and addressed to Rich. St—le, Esq. Lond. 1713, 4to. Mr. C ns’s [Collins’s] Discourse of Free-Thinking, put into plain English, by way of abstract, for the use of the Poor. (Anon.) Lond. 1713, 8vo. The Examiner. Lond. 1712, 12mo. This was first published in Numbers, from August 3, 1710, to July 26, 1711. Swift wrote Nos. 13 to 45, and part of 46. He also wrote papers in other periodicals, especially the Tati.er, which see. [Two Letters concerning the Author of the Examiner. Lond. 1713,8vo.] Letter to the Examiner, suggesting proper Heads for Vindicating his Masters. Lond. 1714, 8vo. The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, set forth in their generous encouragement of (Sir R. Steele) the author of the ‘ Crisis with some Observations on the season- ableness, candor, erudition and style of that Treatise. Second edition. Lond 1714, 4to.—Third edition, Lond. 1714, 4to. The Conduct of the Purse of Ireland Lond, 1714, 8vo. The Art of Punning. Dublin, 1719, 8vo A Dedication to a Great Man concern- ing Dedications. Lond. 1719, 8vo. [A Letter to the Rev. Dean Swift, oc- casioned by a Satire said to be written by him, entitled a Dedication to a Great Man, &c Lond. 1719, 8vo.] Miscellaneous Works, Comical and Diverting, containing Tale of a Tub and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. (Printed in Holland), 1720. This edi- tion of the Tale of a Tub contains Addi- tional Chapters, not to be found in any other, relative to the progress of the Reformatio in England Right oi Precedence between Physi- cians and Civilians enquired into. Lond. 1720, 8vo. A Defence of English Commodities, being an Answer to the Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufactures; with an Elegy upon the Death of Mr. Demar, the famous rich man, who died at Dublin, July 6th, 1720. Dubl. 1720, 8vo. The Swearer' Bank, or Parliamentary Security for Establishing a New Bank in Ireland, wherein the medicinal use of Oaths is considered ; to which is prefixed an Essay upon English Bubbles, by Tho. Hope. Third edition. Dubl. 1721, 8vo. [The Essay, although published undee the name of Hope, is written by SwifL]