The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. III. Part II. Containing the Dunciad, Book IV. And the memoirs of Scriblerus. Never before printed

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Title: The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. III. Part II. Containing the Dunciad, Book IV. And the memoirs of Scriblerus. Never before printed
Creator: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Contributor: Cooper, Thomas, -1743, bookseller.
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764, bookseller.
Published / Created: MDCCXLII [1742]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Printed for R. Dodsley, and sold by T. Cooper
Description: Title page in red and black.
With a half-title.
In this edition the last line of the Dunciad is correctly numbered 620.
Horizontal chain lines.
Signatures: [A]², B-E⁸, F⁴ (F4 blank), ²A-H⁸, I².
One of ten volumes rebound in mottled calf by Riviere for Sir William Fraser (1826-1898), three of which are added volumes not Horace Walpole's. With Horace Walpole's bookplate 1 and press-mark K.5.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763 (marked 9 vols. but only 7 were sold); moved to the Glass Closet. Also with bookplates of Sir William Fraser, Beverly Chew, and James Wyckoff.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill Sale, day vi, lot 18 (with World), to Thorpe, £13.13.0; Sotheby's, 22 April 1901 (Fraser Sale), lot 1319, to Sabin, £20.10.0; owned by Harry B. Smith (1860-1936), and sold in his library to Dr. Rosenbach; Anderson, 8 December 1924 (Beverly Chew Sale), lot 318, to Brick Row, $1000; sold to the father of James Wyckoff by Brick Row for $1500. James Wyckoff to W.S. Lewis; December 1939;
Extent: [4], 70, [2], 132 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English