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, 1752.
Price: $300.00
About the item
First London edition. Engraved portrait of Swift. 339, [9] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Boards detached, internally a nice clean copy.
Item #53115
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.
