Desfontaines, Abbé Pierre-François Guyot; Lockman, J. [translator]

THE TRAVELS OF MR. JOHN GULLIVER, SON TO CAPT. LEMUEL GULLIVER. [VOLUME II ONLY]

London: Sam Harding, 1731. First English Edition. 12mo., iv, 198pp.; VG; spine paneled brown leather, black label with gilt lettering; boards brown leather with a gilt panel; some wear to boards and corners, as to be expected with age; spine rebound; some foxing throughout; small name written in ink on upper fore corner of ffep; this is the first english translation of Desfontaines 'Le Nouveau Gulliver', published in 1730, three years after he translated Swift's version into French; NOTE: Shelved in Room G.

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