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,
Edited by James Boswell, the younger, to whom Malone left his materials for a new edition (Malone's first edition appeared in 1790 in 10 vols.) "'Boswell's Malone' is generally known as the 'third variorum' edition of Shakespeare". cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 35, p. 437., Osborn pd202: Autograph of W. W. Greg (vols. 1, 3)., and v. 1. Prolegomena: Advertisement to the present edition, by Boswell. A biographical memoir of Edmond Malone, by Boswell. Pope's preface. Theobald's preface. Sir Thomas Hanmer's preface. Dr. Warburton's preface. Dr. Johnson's preface. Steevens's advertisement, 1766. Capell's introduction. Steevens's advertisement, 1773. Reed's advertisement, 1785. Malone's preface, 1790. Steevens's advertisement, 1793. Reed's advertisement, 1803. Steevens's advertisement, 1803. Preface to Richardson's proposals. Richardson's proposals and supplement. Dr. Farmer on the learning of Shakspeare. Appendix to Colman's translation of Terence. Ancient translations from classical authors. List of detached criticisms on Shakspeare, &c. Shakspeare, Ford and Jonson. Rowe's life of Shakspeare. Additional anecdotes. Commendatory poems on Shakespeare. Essay on phraseology and metre.
Publisher:
F. C. and J. Rivington [etc.]
Subject (Name):
Greg, W. W.--(Walter Wilson),--1875-1959--Autograph (vols. 1 & 3)
