Contains: mezzotint of Pope after Godfrey Kneller, 1722; ALS to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1717/18 Feb 18; crayon drawing of Pope by Jonathan Richardson, n.d.; printed receipt to Robert Packer, Esq., for the subscription copy of Homer's Iliad, signed: "A. Pope"; ALS to Mrs. Howard, [1729 May]; ALS to Mr. Richardson, Cirencester, [1737] Jun 25; Pope's preface to the Works, with many corrections (removed from album and purchased by Professor Tinker before the Library bought album; now Tinker Ms 1668); first copy of manuscript verses by Pope on the Grotto of Twickenham composed entirely of English metals, minerals, marbles, corrected with his own hand, 1740/1 Feb 6; original proof of two pages from Pope's Epistles, pages 69 and 70, with the author's corrections; 2 ALS from John Murray to John Wilson Croker, London, 1854 May 19 and Jun 8; ALS from John Wilson Croker to Mr. Cooke, 1855 Aug 1; leaf from the printed catalogue of the collection of H. B. Ray, newpaper clippings, and envelope addressed to John Murray in an unidentified hand. Purchase, 1939.
A reissue of the Gilliver [1735] (Griffith no. 393) edition., Anonymous. By Alexander Pope., Griffith cites two variants. Variant A has an owl as the frontispiece and p. 23 misnumbered 22. Variant B has an ass as the frontispiece and p. 23 numbered correctly., Includes bibliographical references and index., Publication date from Griffith., Signatures: A-Q⁸ R⁴(R4v blank)., and Variant A. Imperfect: t.p. torn at top, no loss of text.
BEIN 1976 1510: Bound with Pope, Alexander. An essay on man. London, 1743 [i.e. 1744] -- Pope, Alexander. An essay on criticism. [London, 1744]., BEIN 1976 1510 and Ik P810 729ib: X3 is a cancel with four lines of stars on p. 165., BEIN Ik P810 +729i: Variant copy, leaf X3 (p. 165-166) is not a cancel and has the original four lines of verse (lines 115-118) instead of four lines of stars as on the cancelled leaf., and Signatures: [pi]1 A⁴ [chi]² A-2F⁴ 2G² 2D⁴ 2E².
Publisher:
Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-row
Dunciad and Dunciad, variorum, with the prolegomena of Scriblerus
Description:
Anonymous. By Alexander Pope., BEIN Ik P810 729: Fine paper copy with phoenix watermark. Autograph: Paul Colnaghi., Cancelation in signatures statement as per Foxon., Engraved t.p., Includes bibliographical references and index., Signatures: engraved t.p. a-b⁴ B-J⁴ K⁴(-K1,2 + K1.2) L-O⁴ P² Q-X⁴., and True publisher of this quarto was Lawton Gilliver--c.f. Griffith.
Extra illustrated with mounted plates., Paged continuously with irregularities., Vol. 1 (Griffith 40) without list of subscribers, and with portrait of Pope, 1738, inserted to face frontispiece., and Vol. 1, 3-6 on heavy paper.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates,
