Four parts in 2 volumes, 8vo (197 x 121 mm). Engraved portrait of Gulliver (Teerink second state), 6 plates (5 maps and one table), wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces. 19th century speckled calf twice ruled in gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red and olive morocco lettering-pieces gilt in 2, others gilt (joints rubbed). Provenance: Richard Laurence Pemberton (armorial bookplate); collector's armorial bookplate on front free endpaper verso.

FIRST EDITION, third issue (Teerink “B”). An explosive satire, Gulliver's Travels attracted both criticism and praise for its clever critiques of politics, misogyny, and the "traveller's tales" subgenre popular during the 18th century. Teerink 291; Grolier English, 42; PMM 185; Rothschild 2108.