Creator
Jonathan Swift
Title
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver; Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Capt. Lemuel Gulliver.; Memoirs of the Court of Lilliput. Written by Captain Gulliver.
Coverage
London
Publisher
Benjamin Motte; not listed; J. Roberts
Date
1726; 1727; 1727
Subject
(1726) 3rd 8vo edition.; n/a; 2nd edition.
Description
Gulliver’s Travels is a light-hearted satire of the travel narratives that were popular at the time, as well as a biting commentary on eighteenth-century society. It met with immediate success, spawning many subsequent editions, sequels, and follow-ups.
This mixed four-volume set includes the third octavo edition of Travels (Teerink’s ‘B’ edition), published two months after the first; the spurious ‘third’ volume, purporting to extend the story; and the second edition of the anonymous Memoirs.