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POPE.ALEXANDER.; . THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. An heroi-comical poem.In five canto's. Bernard Lintott.London.,1714 FIRST COMPLETE EDITION.8vo.(7.4 x 4.4 inches).Illustrated with Frontis and five full page plates by Du Guernier,after Du Bose.Title page printed in red and black.A coule of leaves with small light marks but overall a very good copy in contemporary mottled sheep.Rebacked to style.Red label,gilt.Spine decorated in gilt.Leather bookplate of Peter Murray Hill on front paste down.First Edition of The Rape of the Lock in its full form and as a separate piece; the masterpiece of Pope's earlier period, his authorship acknowledged for the first time on the title.A two-canto earlier version had been anonymously printed in Bernard Lintot's Miscellany,1712.-----Griffith 29.Ashley IV, p.8.Rothschild 1570.: Price:
3850.00 GBP
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POPE.ALEXANDER.; . THE WORKS. C.Bathurst,W.Strahan,J and F.Rivington......London.,1770 NINE VOLUMES.8vo.Illustrated with 24 copper engravings.Very good bright set bound in contemporary full tan calf,spines ruled in gilt.Each volume with red morocco title lebel,decorated and lettered in gilt.Some rubbing to most volumes and a few hinges cracked but all still holding firm.Overall an attractive set of eighteenth century bindings.Previous owners bookplate on front paste downs.: Price:
550.00 GBP
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