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More imagesMiscellaneous Poems and Translations, by Several Hands Volume I and Volume II
Pope, Alexander; Villiers, George, the Duke of Buckingham; Gay, John; Betterton, Thomas; Dryden, John; King, Dr. William; Smith, Mr. Edmund; Dibben, Mr. Thomas; Fenton, Mr. Elisha; Yalden, Revd. Dr.; Rowe, Mr. Nicholas; Southcot, Mr.; Broome, Revd. Mr.; Ward, Revd. Mr. James; and Daniel, Revd. Mr Archdeacon
Published by Bernard Lintot, London, 1720
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Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Third Edition. Two Volumes. Third Edition from 1720. Volume I contains mainly verses by Alexander Pope: 'particularly' I Windsor Forest, II Essay on Criticism, III Rape of the Lock, IV Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, V Verses to the Memory of a Lady, VI To Mr Jervas, with Fresnoy's Art of Painting, VII T…o a Young Lady, with the Works of Voiture, and VIII Eloisa to Abelard. Volume II, Miscellaneous Poems, Translations and Imitations, contains works by a number of authors with the most significant being Dr. William King, Mr. Elisha Fenton, the Revd. Mr. Broome, the Revd. Mr. James Ward and the Reverend Mr. Archdeacon Danie. Volume II contains an index to the contents of both volumes. Both volumes are bound in contemporary full leather binding with five raised bands to the spine. The title and volume labels on the spine are lost although the volume numbers are blind stamped to the spine. The spines have chipping at the top and bottom and some edge cracking. The corners are bumped with some rubbing. Wale Family bookplate to the front pastedowns and the second volume has another family name, Lady Wale, to the front free endpaper. Browning around the edges of the endpapers. Creasing to the top corners of pages 37 to 62 in the first volume. Two sections of the text protrude a little from the rest of the text block in volume II. There is also some browning to the title pages and the frontispiece in Volume I which is a portrait of Pope and the pages are browned but are otherwise generally unmarked.
