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Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 191

Tale of a Tub 8vo

Borrowed: 1790/8/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/9/25 (Saturday).


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Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).


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Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
A tale of a tub [Swift]
Possible modern shelfmark: [An].6/1.8.

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Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
A tale of a tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, An account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James’s Library.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Tale of a Tub

Borrowed: 1790/8/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/9/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr William Tait

Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres

Tale of a Tub