A Tale of a Tub
The first, second, and third editions of the "Tale" appeared in 1704; the fifth edition came out in 1710. In "The Apology for the &c.", Swift indicates that he originally gave his publisher a preliminary copy of the work, while he kept a blotted copy at his own hand and lent other copies including one to Thomas Swift, Jonathan's "parson cousin". As a consequence, the first edition appeared with many errors. The second edition was a resetting of the type. The third edition was a reprint of the second, with corrections, and the fourth edition contained corrections of the third.
Richard Pue
The date and place of Richard Pue's birth is unknown. He established Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, Dublin sometime before July 1698. Pue became a freeman of Dublin in 1701 as a member of the Dyers' Guild. On 25 December 1703 he began publishing "Impartial Occurrences" with Edward Lloyd. This paper was delivered by post across the country, with Pue acting as editor until 1706. The paper ceased in February 1706, reappearing in February 1712 as "Pue's Occurences" (sic). In late December 1705, Lloyd and Pue jointly published a satirical attack on protestant dissent by Jonathan Swift called "A tale of a tub". They also printed the "Votes of the Irish house of commons" (nos 1-65) between July and October 1707 and May and June 1709.