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Swift, Jonathan. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726. Second edition. Four parts in two vols., contemporary leather backings, lacking covers. Five engraved maps, one plate, lacking frontis. 8vo. With the front ad. leaf to vol. 2 [detached]. With the ?spurious? third volume, engraved frontispiece, retaining one detached board cover, last gathering loose. Ownership stamps of J. Townshend to each vol. Occasional light to moderate spotting, scattered stains, some chipped margins and rounded edges; good overall, in need of re-binding, sold as is. Teerink 292/293.