The Works.

POPE (Alexander).

Published by printed by A. Donaldson, and sold at his Shops in London and Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1767

About this Item

Engraved frontispiece portrait and 11 plates. Six volumes. 12mo. [179 x 102 x 155 mm]. [2]ff, xxiv, [i], 26-294 pp; vi, 342 pp; iii, [i], 289 pp; vii, [iii], 277 pp; xii, 282 pp; xiv, 338 pp. Bound in contemporary sheepskin, the covers with a blind double fillet border. The spines divided into six panels by raised bands flanked by gilt double fillets, lettered in the second on a citron goatskin label and numbered in the third on a green goatskin label, plain endleaves, red sprinkled edges. (Headcaps chipped, corners worn, rubbed). There is occasional light marginal damp-staining and spotting, and vol.3 has a few small wormholes in the inner margin. It is a good set. The labels are lettered "Oeuvres de Pope" and the bindings appear to be continental. The title-page on vol.2 has the ink signature "Hon.ble Mrs Dillon". This is presumably Charlotte Dillon, daughter of George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, and a great grand-daughter of Charles II and Barbara Villiers. In 1744 she married Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon, Irish peer and colonel proprietor of Dillon's Regiment. Seller Inventory # ebc7603

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Works.

Publisher: printed by A. Donaldson, and sold at his Shops in London and Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Publication Date: 1767

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine