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Author:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Title:

The battle of the books, by Jonathan Swift; with selections from the literature of the Phalaris controversy. Ed. by A. Guthkelch.

Publisher:

Chatto and Windus,

Copyright Date:

1908

Description:

5 p.l., ix-lxvi, 312 p. front. (facsim.) 16 cm.

Other Authors:

Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.
Guthkelch, Adolph Charles Louis, d. 1916, ed.
Orrery, Charles Boyle, 4th earl of, 1676-1731.
Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.
Wotton, William, 1666-1727.

Notes:

Contains a reproduction of t.-p. of original edition: A full and true account of the battel fought last Friday, between the ancient and the modern books in St. James's library. London, 1704. With added series title, engraved, and second half-title.

Contents:

Introduction.--Battle of the books.--Appendix: extracts from Temple's Essay upon the ancient and modern learning (1690); Wotton's Reflections upon ancient and modern learning (1694: second ed. 1697); Boyle's Phalaris (1695); Bentley's first Dissertation (1697); Boyle's Examination (1698); Bentley's second Dissertation (1699).--Notes.--Textual notes.--Letter of Dr. Edm. Gibson.--Letter of Geo. Gibson.--Bibliography.

Series:

The King's classics

LCCN:

10001552

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)