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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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The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. III. Part II. Containing the Dunciad, Book IV. And the memoirs of Scriblerus. Never before printed.
Publication
London : Printed for R. Dodsley, and sold by T. Cooper, MDCCXLII [1742]
Physical Description
[4], 70, [2], 132 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
Notes
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.
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 30, 2018
References
English short title catalogue, T5426
Griffith, R.H. Alexander Pope, 567
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 2453
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Poems - English - 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century
Binders' stamps (Binding) - Rivière.
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Great Britain England London.
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