Lot 200
Poetry: 18th and 19th century
Gay, Pope, Swift and Wordsworth
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Gay, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London: Jacob Tonson & Bernard Linton, 1720. 4to, 2 volumes bound as one, contemporary calf, slight splitting to joints and a little worming to margins not affecting text, some very early and neat ownership stamps;
Pope, Alexander. The Dunciad, Variorum… London: A. Dod., 1729. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, joints split;
Idem. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A dialogue something like Horace. London: T. Cooper, [1738]. Folio, later wrappers;
Swift, Jonathan. On Poetry: a rapsody. London: J. Huggonson, 1733. Folio, later wrappers;
Wordsworth, William. The White Doe of Rylstone… London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. 4to, engraved frontispiece, boards, with original label pasted to spine