10 Vols The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Ten Volumes Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All his Notes, as they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: Printed verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton.
Published by Printed for A. Millar; J. and R. Tonson; H. Lintot; and C. Bathurst, London, 1757
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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A complete ten-volume contemporary calf-bound set of Alexander Pope"s works, illustrated with twenty-four plates and incorporating the poet"s final corrections and notes. Uniformly bound in a contemporary full calf binding.Complete in ten volumes.Illustrated with twenty-four plates across six of the ten volumes, the remaining four issued without plates. Collated, complete.The standard 18th-century collected edition of Pope"s works, printed verbatim from Warburton"s octavo text and incorporating Pope"s last corrections, additions, and improvements, together with all his notes as delivered shortly before his death. The set brings together Pope"s translations, moral essays, satires, The Dunciad, verse and prose miscellanies, and his extensive correspondence. Compromising:Volume I. Containing his Juvenile Poems. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates.Volume II. Containing his Translations and Imitations. Illustrated with four plates.Volume III. Containing his Moral Essays. Illustrated with eight plates.Volume IV. Containing his Satires, &c. Illustrated with three plates.Volume V. Containing the Three First Books of the Dunciad. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates.Volume VI. Containing the Fourth Book of the Dunciad, and his Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse. Illustrated with two plates.Volume VII. Containing his Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose.Volume VIII. Being the First of his Letters.Volume IX. Being the Second of his Letters.Volume X. Being the Third of his Letters.Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an English poet of the Augustan age, best known for his mastery of the heroic couplet and for works such as An Essay on Criticism, An Essay on Man, The Rape of the Lock, and The Dunciad. Uniformly bound in contemporary full calf. Generally smart, with light rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to the calf. Offsetting from boards to endpapers. Small area of damp staining to the rear board of Vol. III, with occasional minor spots of damp staining to the rear board of Vol. X with slight loss to calf. Slight discolouration to head of spine of volume IV. Front hinges lightly cracked in places, more so to Vols. VIIVIII, and rear hinge of Vol. V slightly cracked, though all remain firm. Minor losses and small closed tears to the calf at the heads and tails of a few spines including Vols. IV, VII, VIII, and IX. Discreet contemporary ink ownership annotations to the front pastedown and front free endpaper of Vol. I, not present in Vol. X. Slight creasing to the front endpapers of Vol. X. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edges. Very Good. …
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- Title
- 10 Vols The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Ten Volumes Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All his Notes, as they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: Printed verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton.
- Author
- Alexander Pope
- Publisher
- Printed for A. Millar; J. and R. Tonson; H. Lintot; and C. Bathurst, London
- Publication year
- 1757
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Leather
- Illustrator
- None Stated
- Item weight
- 5 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 6" by 3.5"
- Seller catalogs
- English Literature Pre 1900
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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Thompson Acquisitions Ltd
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