Item #102179 A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used At Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In Three Dialogues [First Edition, 1738]. Simon Wagstaff, Pseud. of Jonathan Swift.
A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used At Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In Three Dialogues [First Edition, 1738]

A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used At Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In Three Dialogues [First Edition, 1738]

London: B. Motte and C. Bathurst, 1738. 1st ed., octavo, full leather binding, pp lxxxvi, 215, i. Restored and rebound by Cottage Bindery of Bath, original upper and lower boards with gilt rule, new leather spine with raised bands and gilt, gilt spine title label, new endpapers, light tanning to some pages otherwise very good condition.

Written under a pseudonym by Jonathan Swift. A satirical commentary on the perceived banality of conversation among the upper classes, presented in the form of a guide for those lacking in conversational skills. One of Swift's last works. Item #102179

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