Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift ... In a Series of Letters ... to his Son, the Honorable Hamilton Boyle.
London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand, 1752.
First London edition. Engraved portrait of Swift by B. Wilson, 1751. [2], 338, [11] pp. Lacking final blank leaf Z8. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern calf in period style, red leather label. Frontispiece a little stained in margin Rothschild 1492; Teerink 1333; ESTC T80862. Item #260433
The first attempt to give an account of the life and work of Swift. Orrery's book is, according to the DNB, "full of rancour and grudging criticism"—even though he and Swift had been good friends. First published in Dublin in the same year.
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