[HAWKESWORTH (John) - SWIFT - POPE]. - Lot 25

[HAWKESWORTH (John) - SWIFT - POPE]. An Account of the Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of S. Patrick's, Dublin. Interlinear translation to which is added a very accurate French translation, in the form of Notes. With The death of Mrs Johnson Stella, taken from the Works of Swift, with Letters from the same, and some Letters of Pope taken from his own Works. Translated from the same, and printed by Mme Montmorency, Albert-Luynes. S. l. [Dampierre], An VIII, (1800). 8°, blond basane, smooth spine decorated (contemporary binding). 63 signatures: A-Z4, Aa-Zz4 & Aaa-Rrr4; i.e. 502 pp. (title and warning, last blank unnumbered). Bilingual interlinear and pedagogical edition, following the method of César Chesneau Du Marsais, but slightly modified with a "Traduction Françoise très-exacte, placée en forme de Notes", printed by Guyonne Élisabeth Josèphe de Montmorency de Laval, duchesse de Luynes. Minor restorations to lower spine ends; epidermis and small wormholes to first board. WORK OF THE GREATEST RARETY PRINTED ON THE PRIVATE PRESSES OF THE CHÂTEAU DE DAMPIERRE by Élisabeth de MONTMORENCY de LAVAL (1755-1830), duchesse de LUYNES. Haeghen 2; Luynes, L'Imprimerie de Dampierre, 2020, p. 45 (quoted with a slightly different title, without describing it).