NMLP P-042573 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

A Tale of a Tub

Jonathan Swift · Printed for John Nutt, London · 1704

The London 1704 Nutt edition is the true first and the census claim is confirmed, including that the first appeared anonymously and with The Battle of the Books. There is no UK/US or original-language precedence question. The census is also right that the 1710 fifth edition is collected, but it is a first-thus: it adds Swift's 'An Apology For the &c.' and the notes and carries substantial changes, and must not be described as a first edition. A corrected fourth edition intervened in 1705.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-042573 for "A Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042573, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).