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London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand, MDCCLII. 1752. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 202 x 120 mms., pp. [ii], 339 340 blank, 341 - 349 index, 350 blank], K4 and K7 leaves are cancels (as usual), engraved portrait of Swift as frontispiece, contemporary lightly speckled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, dark red morocco label; a very good copy. This volume is an extremely rare relic from the library of Dr Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766), whom John Adams, the Founding Father, revered as "a transcendental genius". This Mayhew-owned copy of the Earl of Orrery's book on Swift is hitherto unknown, and is of compelling interest -- since John Adams himself compared Mayhew's writing to Swift's writing, with Adams indeed finding Mayhew to be superior to Swift in quality if similar in kind. Jonathan Mayhew was also a close friend of Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), the important early benefactor of Harvard. Hollis was also of course a notable benefactor of…
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Father of Liberty: Jonathan Mayhew and the Principles of the American Revolution Open ebook -
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- Title Father of Liberty: Jonathan Mayhew and the Principles of the American Revolution
- Author Patrick Mullins
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- Pages 240
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- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kansas
- ISBN 9780700624492 / 070062449X
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BOYLE, Earl of Orrery (John): Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, London: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, in a Series of Letters from John Earl of Orrery to his son, the Honourable Hamilton Boyle
by [MAYHEW (Jonathan), former owner.]
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