Lot 266
Pope, Alexander, and others
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£275
Description
Poetical miscellanies: the sixth part of a collection of original poems, with several new translations, by the most eminent hands. London: Jacob Tonson, 1709. First edition, 8vo., engraved frontispiece by M. Burghers, with leaves Hh8, Mm3 and Y6 cancel, contemporary sprinkled and panelled calf, corners rubbed, single wormhole in the lower margin (not affecting text)
Footnote
Note: Griffith 1. Pope's earliest published works, comprising 'January and May; or, the merchant's tale', 'The Episode of Sarpedon', and 'Pastorals.' Volume VI of a six volume set known as Dryden's or Tonson's Miscellanies.