Miscellanies.

Description

Main Author: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Related Names: Pilkington, Matthew, fl. 1733.
Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718.
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Language(s): English
Published: London : Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, 1736.
Note: Most of the first volume had appeared in 1711 under the same title, and additional volumes appeared in 1732 and 1735.
Vol. 5-6, published by T. Woodward and C. Davis, contains Miscellanies, in prose and verse by Swift, Pope and Arbuthnot.
Vol. 1-3, originally published in 1727, the third being called "the last volume." Vol. 4, published in 1732 was called "the third volume."
Preface in v. 4, dated Twickenham, May 27, 1727; signed: Jonath. Swift, Alex Pope. It describes the contents as being "whatever loose papers in prose and verse, we have formerly written ... likewise all the papers wherein we have casually had any share; particularly those writ in conjunction with our friends, Dr. Arbuthnot and Mr. Gay; and lastly, all of this sort composed singly by either of those hands."
Physical Description: 6 v. ; 17 cm.
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