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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. An excellent new ballad: or, the true En---sh D---n to be hang'd for a r-----pe

Description

Imprint: [Dublin, 1730]

First line: Our Breathren of E----nd who love us so dear,

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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift. Handwritten annotation below title, "written by Dean Swift [space] Dean Sawb--ge."

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Date

1730

Call number

143246

Provenance

Purchased from Frederick R. Halsey by Henry E. Huntington through George D. Smith, December 1915. The volume was put up for sale in 1890 by Robson & Kerslake and includes an 1895 bookplate of Swiftian collector Colonel Francis Richard Charles Grant (1834-1899).

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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Associated people

Barber, Mary, (approximately 1685-1755.)

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. An excellent new ballad: or, the true En---sh D---n to be hang'd for a r-----pe

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