The poetical works of Dr. Jonath. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin
Subtitle: in four volumes : with the life of the author
Contributors: Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762; Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, artist; Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller
Series: The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill -- [v. 52-55]; Bell's edition -- v. 52-55.
Publisher: Printed under the direction of J. Bell, British Library, Strand, bookseller to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English poetry
Other titles: Poetical works of Dr. Jonathan Swift
Work titles: Poems
Notes: Added, engraved t.p., dated 1778, in each v. Series title varies: v. 1-2, The poets of Great Britain ... ; v. 3, British poets ; v. 4, Bell's edition. The poets of Great Britain ... Each v. also has a special letterpress t.p.

Engravings after designs by Mortimer.

Frontispiece in v. 1 has portrait of Swift engraved by T. Cook.

Pagination: v. 1: [5], vi-clii, [153]-209, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: [5], 6-238, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates.

"The life of Dr. Jonathan Swift": v. 1, p. [v]-civ; Some particulars in Dr. Swift's character ... from Lord Orrery's Remarks ... ": v. 1, p. [cv]-cxxx; "A criticism on Dr. Swift's poems": v. 1, p. [cxxxi]-cxlviii; "Dr. Parnell to Dr. Swift, on his birthday, Nov. 30, 1713": v. 1, p. [cxlix]-clii.

English short title catalogue, T208385

Teerink, H. Swift (2nd ed.), 111