Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Benjamin Motte, London, 1726. First edition, 4 volumes, octavo, pp. VIII, 148, VI, 162, VI, 154, VIII, 158. Original full calf binding stamped in gilt, boards with gilt triple fillet border, spines divided in compartments by gilt raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, board edges and turn-ins ruled and decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all leaf edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gulliver and 6 plates. The author's famous classic work of literature is a prose satire on both human nature and the literary genre of travellers' tales.
