Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift. ... To Which Are Added, Two Original Pieces of the Same Author (Excellent in Their Kind) Never Before Published.
London: printed and Sold by W. Reeve, 1754.
Price: $300.00
About the item
First edition. [16], 310 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf. Joints starting, a very good, clean copy. Rothschild 789; Teerink 1343.
Item #53117
The book was intended to vindicate Swift from some of Orrery's insinuations. It is well written, and especially interesting as the only account of Swift by one who had known him in the full force of his intellect. -- DNB.
