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Drapier's letters: PB 192.1-2020

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Drapier's letters
A letter to the shop-keepers, tradesmen, farmers, and common-people of Ireland, concerning the brass half-pence coined by Mr. Whoods, with a design to have them pass in this Kingdom. : Wherein is shewn the power of the said patent, the value of the half-pence and how far every person may be oblig'd to take the same in payments, and how to behave in case such an attempt shou'd be made by Woods or any other person. (Very proper to be kept in every family) By M.B. Drapier.

Maker(s)

Author.: Swift, Jonathan,
Printer: Harding, John,
Donor.: Marlay, Charles Brinsley,

Description

With: A letter to Mr. Harding the printer / Jonathan Swift. Dublin: pr. by John Harding, [1724] and 2 others.
The first of the Drapier's letters.
Title within double line border.
Cf. Swift, Jonathan. The Drapier's letters ... ed. by Herbert Davis. Oxford, 1935, p. lxxxi-lxxxii, no. B; The Library. 1939. 4th ser., v. 19, p. 107-113, no. 4.
Published pseudonymously. By Jonathan Swift.
Date of publication from ESTC.
Binding: sprinkled calf, border (double, blind fillet); spine label hand-lettered; a.e. sprinkled red.

Coinage Ireland Early works to 1800.

Notes

History note: Provenance: Marlay, 1912. Cutting from sales cat. tipped in on front free e.p. Bookseller's price on back paste-down e.p.

Measurements and weight

16p ; 18cm (8vo).

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Note

Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745author.Dublin :Printed by J. Harding in Molesworth's-Court,[1724] Harding, John, -1725, printer Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1831-1912, donor.

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 192.1-2020
Primary reference Number: 279358
ALMA control 001: 99119903803606
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 17 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 17 December 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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