A modest proposal / Jonathan Swift ; Gerald Scarfe.

Author
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Dublin : Stoney Road Press, 2017.
Description
[34] p. : ill. (etchings) ; 27 x 35 cm.

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    • Introduction by Fintan O'Toole.
    • "Bound in black linen, with a matching box, by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Dublin. The cover of the pamphlet, reproduced inside the box, is from the original in the collection of the Royal Irish Academy ... The etchings, by Gerald Scarfe, were commissioned for this book and were handprinted from intaglio plates ... Limited to 175 copies for sale, marked 1-175 in Arabic numerals. A further 50 copies have been printed for private distribution, marked I-L in Roman numerals."--Colophon.
    • GAX copy: Prospectus laid in.
    • GAX copy: No. 16, signed by Gerald Scarfe and Fintan O'Toole.
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    999587076
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