Watch List notes:

(Swift, Jonathan). THE HIBERNIAN PATRIOT: BEING A COLLECTION OF THE DRAPIER'S LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND, CONCERNING MR. WOOD'S BRASS HALF-PENCE. TOGETHER WITH CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ATTEMPTS MADE TO PASS THAT COIN. AND REASONS FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND'S REFUSING IT. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, POEMS AND SONGS RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT. Printed at Dublin. London: Reprinted and Sold by A. Moor in St. Paul's Church-yard, and the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1730. Second collected edition. 8vo, contemporary brown calf, sides bordered in blind and decorated in Cambridge panels with floral sprays in corners; later spine with five raised bands, ruled and dated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt. (8), 264 pages; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Front board detached but present; lacking one spine label; small marginal tear to title paper not affecting text; good to very good. The scarce second collected edition of the Drapier's Letters, in a contemporary binding whose spine was replaced sometime later. Nelson pages 12 & 13: "Wood's coinage for Ireland never appears to have been popular, and... he is reported to have said 'that he would cram his brass down their (the Irish) throats in spite of them.' Shortly after this appeared the first of a series of seven letters, the author of which was Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, and since they were signed M.B. Drapier, became known as Drapier's letters... The first letter made its appearance April, 1724, and produced a tremendous sensation... By such means as this was the prospect of a successful future for this coinage done away with....." The refusal to accept William Wood's Hibernia coinage in Ireland led to their export to the American colonies, where they appear to have circulated readily. The first collected edition was published in Dublin in 1725, and is rare. This edition continues to present the author anonymously. Dekesel S578. Goldsmith 6798. Kress 3901. Ex Syd Martin Library.