[Rarebooks] FS: Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift -Tern Press edition

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. occasioned by reading 
a Maxim of Rochefoucault”

By Jonathan Swift.
Published in Market Drayton by the Tern Press in 1992.
Edition limited to 95 copies.

DISCUSSION: A beautiful fine-press edition of Swift's famous and witty 
pre-obituary poem. Swift worked on the piece for several years, and in 
1738 an English printer published an edited, shortened version, which 
did not please Swift. In February, 1739 the full version was published 
in Dublin. In the poem Swift wittily recalls some incidents in his life, 
and imagines how his friends, and enemies, will react to his death and 
what they will say after he is gone-

"For Poetry, he's past his Prime,
He takes an Hour to find a Rhime;
His Fire is out, his Wit decay'd,
His Fancy sunk, his Muse a Jade,
I'd have him throw away his Pen;
But there's no talking to some Men."

Swift's poem remains as a singular, unforgettable and unique 
self-written epitaph. This finely-printed edition includes notes and a 
commentary by A. Norman Jeffares.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7"x10.75", 42 pages; printed from handset type 
on Zerkall paper with 9 lino prints. Patterned covers.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor soil, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight 
binding.

PRICE: $125-

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