First authentic edition of Pope's Letters. The work was advertised in
_The Daily Post_ of August 12, 1726; the date 1727 on the title is
merely a device "to protract a little longer the semblance of novelty."
Portrait of Pope by Clark and Pine in Volume I, and of Swift by Vertue
in Volume II.
POPE AND SWIFT.--(I.) Miscellanies in prose and verse. The first volume.
London: Printed for Benjamin Motte, . . . M. DCC. XXVII. (II.)
Miscellanies. The second volume. London: Printed for Benjamin Motte . . .
M DCC XX VII. (III.) Miscellanies. The third volume. London: Printed
for Benj. Motte . . . , and Lawton Gilliver . . . 1732. (IV.)
Miscellanies. The last volume. London: Printed for B. Motte, . . . 1727.
_8vo, four volumes, sprinkled calf, gilt back._
First edition of Volumes I, II, and IV; second of Volume III.
The Preface is dated Twickenham, May 27, 1727, and signed "Jonath.
Swift. Alex. Pope." The Postscript following does not occur in the 12mo
edition: "P. S. We could not resist the Opportunity of improving
this Collection with two or three Pieces on parallel Subjects, written
by Persons of great Distinction, our particular Friends, for which
the Publick ought to thank us, and with which it was in the Power of
none but our selves to have obliged them."
Volume III has 276 pages, a leaf of Errata, and pages 1-100.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. an Heroic Poem. In three Books, [woodcut
of vase of flowers] Dublin, Printed, London Reprinted for A. Dodd. [May
28] 1728. _8vo, brown morocco, blind-tooled, gilt top, uncut edges._
An uncut copy of the first issue of the first edition, measuring 8-1/4
by 5 inches. "B" of Thoms's list, similar to the copy in the British
Museum.
The distinguishing marks of this first issue are the misprint, "Book and
the man I sing" instead of "Books," page 1, line 1, and the blank page
on the verso of H2 instead of an advertisement.
Three varieties of the Owl frontispiece are found in the different
editions; the first as in this issue, the second in that edition of 1728
which is entirely reset (page 302), and the third in the variorum
edition, 1729. Perhaps the simplest method of identification is by means
of the legend on the scroll held by the Owl. In variety No. 1, the
second line, "Dunci-" has a hyphen at the end; in No. 2 it has not; in
No. 3 the second line is the complete word "Dunciad." The Owl in No. 1
is better drawn than in No. 2; the "s" in "Shakesp." is a long "s" in
No. 1, which is not the case in No. 2; all the lettering in No. 1 is
smaller than in No. 2. The Owl in No. 3 is more like No. 1 than No. 2
is; "P. & K. Arthur," on the book under the Owl's claws in 1 and 2 is
changed to "Gildon & Woolston" in No. 3; "New-castle" on the back of
the book next the floor in 1 and 2 is changed to "Blackmore" in No. 3.
The lettering in No. 3 corresponds more nearly in size to No. 1 than
does that in No. 2.
The present copy was once owned by Jonathan Richardson, the painter.
Collation: [Signature A unlettered]. Owl frontispiece, No. 1, A1 (recto
blank). Title with woodcut of a vase of flowers, A2 (verso blank). "The
Publisher to the Reader," A3-A4 and b1. Pages i-viii. Half-title, "The
Dunciad in three books," b2 (verso blank). Book 1, B1-C3, in fours. Book
II, C4-F2 recto. Book III, F2 verso-H2 (verso blank). Pages 1-51.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. 1728. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt
back, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._
Another copy, measuring 7-5/8 by 4-5/8 inches.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. In three books.
[woodcut of a vase of flowers] Dublin, Printed, London Re-printed for A.
Dodd. 1728. (II.) A Compleat Key to the Dunciad.
/p
How easily Two Wits agree,
One finds the Poem; One the Key.
p/
London, Printed for A. Dodd. 1728. (Price 6d.) _12mo, red levant
morocco, gilt back, doubled with red morocco, wide border, gilt edges,
by Chambolle-Duru._
Second issue of the first edition. "C" of Thoms's list.
The distinguishing mark of this issue is on page 1, line 1 (ending with
"who"), where "Book and the man I sing" is corrected to "Books." The
text was probably printed from the same forms of type as the first
issue, with corrections of some, but not all, typographical
irregularities; e.g., on page vii of the Preface the second "i" of the
Roman numeral extends above the line in both issues; on page 1, line 1,
of the second issue the last letter in "who" has been raised to the
line, whereas in the first it is below. On page 5 the same space exists
in both issues between "F" and "i" of "First" in the running head-line;
on page 23, line 159, the misprint "spirits" occurs in both issues. In
the note on page 5 "Interlude" of the first issue is changed to
"Enterlude" in the second.
In the first issue the verso of H2 is blank; in the second it contains
an announcement: "Speedily will be Published The Progress of Dulness,
an Historical Poem. By an Eminent Hand. Price 1s. 6d."
Signature A of the first issue is not lettered; the first page of the
Preface in the second is lettered A3.
Page vii of the Preface in the first issue is lettered "b"; in the
second issue it is unlettered, making six leaves in A, the present issue
being a 12mo in sixes, the first an 8vo in fours, with corresponding
alterations in signature marks.
Collation: I. Owl frontispiece (No. 1), A1 (recto blank). Title with
woodcut of a vase of flowers, A2 (verso blank). "The Publisher to the
Reader," A3-A5. Pages i-viii. Half-title, A6 (verso blank). Text, B1-F2
(verso advertisement, "Speedily will be Published," etc.), in sixes.
Pages 1-51.
II. Title with woodcut, A1 (verso blank). "To the Public," A2-A3. Key,
A4-A8 and B1-B3. Pages 1-22. "Six New Books, just Publish'd," B4.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. an Heroic Poem. In three books. The
Second Edition. Dublin, Printed; London, Reprinted for A. Dodd. 1728.
_12mo, maroon morocco, blind-tooled, gilt top, uncut edges._
"D" of Thoms's list. Presumably the third issue of the first edition,
although the title-page says "second edition." The Address from the
Publisher to the Reader appears to have been printed from the same forms
as the two preceding issues ("B" and "C" of Thoms's list), because of
many similarities of dropped letters and defective types. The text was
probably printed from the same type reimposed to admit of the
interpolation of notes, e.g., on page 5, "Lord Mayor of London" is added
to the note, "Sir Geo. Tho--"; on page 6, line 94, "And furious D--n" is
changed to "D--s"; on page 7 two notes are added, "Old Printers." and
"Sec. Philemon Holland." On page 22 the addition of a note of three lines
necessitated the transference of two lines of text to the top of page
23; "Spirts," line 159, page 23, is here correctly printed, whereas in
the previous issue it is "Spirits." The advertisement of "The Progress
of Dulness" on the verso of F2 does not occur here.
Lieut.-Col. Francis Grant's copy.
Collation: Owl frontispiece (No. 1), A1 (recto blank). Title with
ornament of a vase of flowers, other flowers at the side, A2 (verso
blank). "The Publisher to the Reader," A3-A5. Pages i-viii. Half-title,
A6 (verso blank). Text, B1-F2 (verso blank), in sixes. Pages 1-51.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. an Heroic Poem. In three books. [Square
printer's ornament] Dublin, Printed, London Reprinted for A. Dodd. 1728.
_12mo, maroon morocco, blind-tooled, gilt top, uncut edges._
Undescribed by Thoms.
Another edition of 1728, presumably the second, rather than the
preceding. The type is entirely reset in the body of the work, although
the same founts are used. On the title-page it is larger and of a
heavier face than in the preceding edition, and the ornament is
different. The "U" in "Dunciad" is not symmetrical, as in the other
edition, but has a straight right and a curved left side. The Owl
frontispiece has been re-engraved (variety No. 2).
The first page of the Preface, A2 (A3 in the other edition), has a
large, heavy capital "I" for "It," whereas the other begins with an "I"
in a woodcut border.
"Who," the last word of the first line of the other edition, is the
first word of the second line here,--the distinguishing mark of this
edition. The type of the final page of advertisement is of much lighter
face than in the other edition.
It does not contain the additional notes on pages 5, 7, and 22, and the
spelling of "Interludes" in the note on page 5 is preserved; therefore
it was probably set up from a copy of "B" rather than "C," although the
misprint "spirits," page 23, line 159, is corrected.
Lieut.-Col. Francis Grant's copy.
Collation: Title with square printer's ornament, A1 (verso blank). "The
Publisher to the Reader," A2-A4. Pages i-viii. Text, A5-E6 (verso
advertisement of "The Progress of Dulness"), in sixes. Pages 1-51, 36
misprinted 56.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. With the Prolegomena of
Scriblerus [vignette of Ass] London. Printed for A. Dod. 1729. _4to,
red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by
Riviere._
First complete, and author's first avowed edition. "F" of Thoms's list.
Four varieties of the Ass frontispiece are found in different editions.
No. 1 as in the present edition, No. 2 in the first variorum 8vo
edition, No. 3 in the reprint of the variorum 4to (page x), and No. 4 in
the Collected Works, folio, 1735.
Although the difference between Nos. 1 and 2 is perfectly evident when
the two plates are compared side by side, the details of No. 1 are so
faithfully re-engraved in No. 2 that a definite mark of differentiation
is difficult to give. In No. 1 the spacing of the letters in "vicum" in
the inscription at the left of the vignette is uneven; there is too much
space between "v" and its adjacent letters. This is not so in No. 2. In
No. 2, on the other hand, the "o" in "deferor" is raised above the line,
as it is not in No. 1. Perhaps the surest means is measurement; No. 1 is
4 inches in height; No. 2, 3-7/8 inches.
No. 3 is much smaller and has very evidently been re-engraved. The
spelling "Heywood" is found here instead of "Haywood," as in Nos. 1 and
2. In No. 4 the caption of the paper in the right foreground is "The
Free Briton" instead of "Bakers journal," as in Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
Collation: Title printed from a copper-plate, with vignette of the Ass,
No. 1, one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," a1
(verso blank). Advertisement, a2. "Letter to the Publisher," a3-b4
(verso quotations). Pages 1-16. Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus his
Prolegomena to the Dunciad," B1 (verso blank). "Testimonies of Authors,"
B2-D3 recto. "Martinus Scriblerus, of the Poem," D3 verso-E1. "Dunciados
Periocha," E2-E3 (verso blank). Half-title, "The Dunciad, in three
books, with Notes Variorum," E4 (verso blank). Text, F1-O4, in fours,
P1-P2, and Q1-Q2 (verso blank). "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata, Q3
recto. Index of Persons, Q3 verso-Q4 (verso "Index of Author's").
Half-title of Appendix, R1 (verso "Pieces contained in the Appendix").
Appendix, R2-X1 (verso "A List of All our Author's Genuine Works").
"Index of Things," X2-X4. Pages 11-18 and cxix-cxxiv. Addenda, one leaf
(verso blank).
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco,
gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy, uncut.
Collation: The same as the preceding copy, excepting that it lacks the
final leaf of Addenda.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco,
gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy, with the inscription on the title-page, "J. Caryll. Ex
dono authoris."
Collation: The same as the preceding copy.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. With the Prolegomena of
Scriblerus. [vignette of the Ass] London. Printed for A. Dob. [_sic_]
1729. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side panels in floral
design, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
The first octavo variorum edition. "G" of Thoms's list. Probably
recomposed from the quarto edition, with the same fount of type. Some of
the errors of the preceding edition corrected and vignette of Ass
re-engraved.
Collation: Title printed from a copper-plate, with vignette of Ass
(variety 2), one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," A1
(verso Advertisement). "A Letter to the Publisher," signed William
Cleland, A2-A4 and B1. Quotations, B2 recto. "Martinus Scriblerus his
Prolegomena to the Dunciad" (running title, "Testimonies of Authors"),
B2 verso-D4, in fours. "Martinus Scriblerus Of the Poem," E1-E3 recto.
Pages i-xxxvii. "Dunciados Periocha: or, Arguments to the Books," E3
verso-E4. Text, F1-P3 (verso "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata). Index of
Persons and Authors, P4. Pages 1-80. Half-title of Appendix, a1 (verso
"Pieces contained in the Appendix"). Appendix, a2-d3 (verso "A List of
All our Author's Genuine Works"). Pages i-xxx. Index of Things, d4-e2.
"Addenda to the Octavo Edition," f1.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorum, with the Prolegomena of
Scriblerus. [engraving of the Ass] London: Printed and Re-printed, for
the Booksellers in Dublin, M DCCXXIX. _8vo, red morocco, gilt edges,
by The Club Bindery._
A reprint of the quarto variorum edition of 1729.
Collation: Title engraved by P. Simms with vignette of the Ass, variety
3, one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," A1 (verso
blank). Advertisement, A2-A3 recto. "A Letter to the Publisher," A3
verso-A8 and B1 recto. Quotations, B1 verso-B2 (verso blank).
Half-title, B3 (verso blank). "Testimonies of Authors," B4 and C1-C8,
D1-D4, and E1-E2. "Martinus Scriblerus, of the Poem," E3-E6. "Dunciados
Periocha," E7-E8 and F1 (verso blank). Half-title, F2 (verso blank).
Text, F3-N4, in alternating eights and fours, beginning with F in fours.
"M. Scriblerus Lectori," N5 recto. "Index of Persons," N5 verso-N6
(verso "Index of Authors"). Half-title of Appendix, N7 (verso "Pieces
contained," etc.). Appendix, N8-R4 recto, ending with "A List of all our
Author's Genuine Works." Q3 recto is blank. "Index of Things," R4
verso-S2 (misprinted R2). Addenda, S3 (verso blank). Pages 1-192 and
185-205, misprinted 105.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes variorum, and the Prolegomena
of Scriblerus. London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head,
against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, 1729. _8vo, red
straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
"H" of Thoms's list.
Frontispiece of the Ass and also the Owl, the latter on the verso of a
false title between H1 and H2, preceding the text of the poem.
Collation: Half-title, one leaf (verso blank). Ass frontispiece, variety
1, A1 leaf (recto blank). Title, A2 (verso blank). "Pieces contained in
this Book," A3 misprinted A2 (verso blank). Advertisement, A4. "A Letter
to the Publisher," signed William Cleland and dated "St. James's Dec. 22
1728," B1-C3. Quotations, C4. Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus his
Prolegomena to the Dunciad," D1. "Testimonies of Authors," D2-F3.
"Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem," F4-G2. "Dunciados Periocha: or,
Arguments to the Books," G3-G4 (verso blank). Half-title, "The Dunciad,
in three books, with Notes Variorum," H1 (verso blank). Second
half-title, "The Dunciad," one leaf (verso engraving of the Owl, variety
3). Text, H2-Z2 (verso blank), in fours. Index of Persons, Z3-Z4 (verso
Index of Authors). Half-title of Appendix, Aa1 (verso "Pieces contained
in the Appendix"). Appendix, Aa2-Ff2 recto, in fours. "A List of All our
Author's Genuine Works," Ff2 verso-Ff3 recto. Index of Things, Ff3
verso-Gg4. Pages 1-24, one leaf, 19-221, and ccxxii-ccxxxii. "M.
Scriblerus Lectori," Errata, one leaf.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes variorum &c. 1729. _8vo, red
levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy, printed upon large paper.
Collation: The same as the preceding copy, excepting that it contains no
preliminary half-title.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes variorum, and the Prolegomena
of Scriblerus. The Second Edition, with some Additional Notes. London:
Printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head, against St. Dunstan's
Church, Fleetstreet, 1729. _8vo, brown straight-grain morocco, gilt
fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
"K" of Thoms's list.
This edition has many additional Notes and Epigrams, and seven pages
(four leaves) of Errata instead of two. It also contains the cancelled
leaf P3, with the preceding edition through Gg4, excepting that there
is no engraving of the Owl between H1 and H2, and pages 222-232 are
numbered in Arabic instead of Roman numerals. After page 232 are three
leaves of Errata, A1-A3, pages 1-6, and a fourth leaf, A4, containing
eight additional lines of Errata.
Collation: Ass frontispiece, No. 1, A1 (recto blank). Title printed in
red and black, A2 (verso blank). From this point on, the collation
agrees with eight lines of verse (159-166) on page 110 instead of
twelve; on page 109 the Remarks consist of ten lines signed
"Scriblerus," which with the next two lines were cancelled in later
editions.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena
of Scriblerus. Written in the Year, 1727. London: Printed for Lawton
Gilliver in Fleetstreet. [1733] _Small 8vo, red straight-grain
morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
"L" of Thoms's list.
The Declaration by the Author, pages 125-126, was declared before John
Barber, Mayor, January 3, 1732, and in the List of Books in which the
Author was abused, the last two on page 243 are dated 1733, which makes
the year of printing not earlier than 1733.
Owl frontispiece, variety No. 3.
Collation: Title, A1 (verso blank). "Pieces contained," etc., A2 (verso
blank). Advertisement, A3, misprinted A4-A4 recto. "A Letter to the
Publisher," A4 verso-B2. Quotations, B3. "Martinus Scriblerus of the
Poem," B4-B7. "Testimonies of Authors," B8-D7, in eights. Half-title, D8
(verso blank). Text, E1-O8, O3 misprinted N3. "By the Author, a
Declaration," in black letter, dated January 3, 1732, and given before
John Barber, Mayor, P1. "Index of Persons," P2-P3 (verso "Index of
Authors"). Appendix, P4-Q6 recto. "Index of Things," Q6 verso-R4 (verso
blank). Pages 1-263, 225 misprinted 125.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--[Half-title] The Dunciad, in three books, Written in
the Year 1727. with Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus.
[1735] _Folio, brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Part of Pope's Works, Volume II, folio, 1735. Ass vignette, No. 4, on F1
verso, and on F2 recto a headband engraved P. F.[ourdrinier] after W.
K[ent].
Collation: Half-title, B1 (verso blank). "A Letter to the Publisher,"
A2-E1 (verso Quotations) in twos. Arguments, E2-F1, ending with the Ass
vignette, No. 4. Book I, F2-I2 recto. Book II, I2 verso-O1. Book III,
O2-S2 (verso blank). "By the Author, a Declaration," T1. Index, T2.
Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus," etc., U1 (verso blank). "Martinus
Scriblerus his Prolegomena," U2-Z2 and Aa1--Cc1. "Notes variorum,"
Cc2-Zz2 and Aaa1 recto. Appendix, Aaa1 verso-Eee1 recto. Index to the
Dunciad, Eee1 verso-Fff2 (verso "Index of the Authors of the Notes").
Pages 1-185, last page unnumbered.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) The New Dunciad: As it was Found In the Year
1741. With the Illustrations of Scriblerus and Notes Variorum. London:
Printed for T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster Row. MDCCXLII.
[Price 1s. and 6d.] (II.) [Epistles of Horace] (III.) Poems and
Imitations of Horace. By Mr. Pope. Now first Collected together. [One
line from Horace] London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, L. Gilliver, J.
Brindley, and R. Dodsley. M DCC XXX VIII. _4to, three works in one
volume, contemporary red morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges._
"O" of Thoms's list.
First edition of Book IV of the Dunciad, containing 39 pages. The second
work, the Epistles, has no general title. The Latin text is on the verso
of the page, the English on the recto, facing each other.
Collation: I. Half-title, "The New Dunciad" A1 (verso blank). Title, A2
(verso blank). "To the Reader," A3. Argument, A4. Book IV, B1-F4 (verso
blank), ending with four lines of Errata, in fours. Pages 1-39.
[Epistles] Half-title, "The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace,
B1 recto. Text in Latin and English, B1 verso-D4 (verso blank), ending
with two tail-pieces engraved by P. Fourdrinier.
Half-title, "The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace," E1 recto.
Text, E1 verso-F4 (verso blank). Pages 1-39.
Half-title, "Epistles of Horace, imitated," A1 recto. Advertisement, A1
verso-A2 recto. Text, A2 verso-L1 (verso blank). Pages 1-81. Half-title,
"The First Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace," L2 recto. Text, L2
verso-L5 (verso blank). Pages 1-7.
III. Title, one leaf (verso Notice). Text in two Dialogues, B1-D5 (verso
blank), in fours. Pages 1-25, misprinted 23; 19 misprinted 91.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The New Dunciad: As it was found In the Year M DCC
XLI. With the Illustrations of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. London,
Printed for T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster Row. M DCCXLII.
[Price 1s. and 6d.] _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt
top, uncut edges, by David._
"P" of Thoms's list.
Second edition of Book IV of the Dunciad, containing 44 pages, and 620
lines instead of 618. Lines 39-40 in the first edition,
/p
"Oft her gay Sister's life and spirit fled;
But History and Satire held their head:"
p/
are here expanded into four lines, 39-42:--
/p
"But sober History restrain'd her rage,
And promis'd Vengeance on a barb'rous Age:
There sunk Thalia, nerve-less, faint, and dead,
Had not her Sister Satire held her head:"
p/
Collation: Half-title, "The New Dunciad," A1 (verso blank). Title, A2
(verso blank). "To the Reader," A3. Argument, A4. Book IV, B1-G2 in
fours. Pages 1-44.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, in four books. Printed according to the
complete Copy found in the Year 1742. With the Prolegomena of
Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. To which are added, Several Notes now
first publish'd, the Hypercritics of Aristarchus, and his
Dissertation on the Hero of the Poem. [Two lines from Ovid] London,
Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-row, M DCC XLIII.
_4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut
edges, by The Club Bindery._
First complete edition. "R" of Thoms's list.
Collation: Half-title, "The Dunciad," etc., lettered A (verso blank).
Title, A2 (verso Announcement, "Speedily will be publish'd," etc.).
"Advertisement to the Reader," signed W. W.[arburton], A3. "By
Authority," with royal arms, A4 (verso blank). Half-title, "Martinus
Scriblerus," etc., A5 (verso blank). Quotations, A6. Cleland's "Letter
to the Publisher," A1 (repeated)-A4. "Testimonies of Authors," B1-D1
verso. "Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem," D1 verso-D3 verso. "Ricardus
Aristarcus of the Hero of the Poem," D3 verso-E3 (verso "Argument to
Book the First"). Text in four Books, E4-Z4 and Aa1-Cc4, in fours.
Half-title of Appendix, Dd1 (verso blank). Appendix, Dd2-Gg2 (verso
blank). Pages i-vi, two unnumbered leaves, ix-x, i-xxxvii, two
unnumbered pages and 40-235. Author's Declaration before the Mayor, Dd1.
"Index of Persons," Dd2-Dd3 recto. "Index of Matters," etc., Dd3
verso-Ee2.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, in four books. 1743. _4to, red levant
morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._
Another copy, with a different collation of the preliminary leaves.
Collation: Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title, A2 (verso "Speedily will
be publis'd"). "By Authority," A3 (verso blank). "Advertisement to the
Reader," A4. Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus," etc., one leaf (verso
blank). "Letter to the Publisher," A1-A4. Quotations, one leaf, numbered
3 at the bottom of the recto and [ix]-[x] at the top. From this point on
the collation follows the preceding copy.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--A Miscellany on Taste. By Mr. Pope, &c. Viz. I. Of
Taste in Architecture. An Epistle to the Earl of Burlington. With
Notes Variorum, and a Compleat Key. II. Of Mr. Pope's Taste in Divinity,
viz. The Fall of Man, and the First Psalm. Translated for the Use of
a Young Lady. III. Of Mr. Pope's Taste of Shakespeare. IV.----His
Satire on Mrs. P----y. V. Mr. Congreve's fine Epistle on Retirement and
Taste. Address'd to Lord Cobham. [Two lines from Gay] London: Printed;
and sold by G. Lawton, . . . T. Osborn, . . . and J. Hughes. . . .
1732. Price 1s. _8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The
Club Bindery._
Frontispiece designed by Hogarth, representing Pope on a scaffolding
white-washing Burlington House, while the Earl, as a labourer, climbs a
ladder.
A pirated edition of Pope's fourth Moral Essay, "Of Taste," folio, 1731.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) An Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. [Henry
St. John, Lord Bolingbroke] Part I. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at
the Three Flower-de-luces, be-hind the Chapter-house, St. Pauls.
[Price One Shilling.] [1732] (II.) An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a
Friend. Epistle II. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three
Flower-de-Luces, behind the Chapter-House, St. Paul's. [Price One
Shilling.] (III.) An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle III.
London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces, behind the
Chapter-House, St. Paul's. [Price One Shilling.] _Folio, brown levant
morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
It is difficult to determine the priority of the various editions of the
four Epistles composing this Essay. Whereas there were once supposed to
be only four editions, it is now generally conceded that there are ten
or eleven, two of the First Epistle with "Part I." on the title-page,
two of the First with "Epistle I." on the title-page, three of the
Second, two of the Third, and one of the Fourth.
No recorded investigations are sufficiently advanced to be of service,
and in the matter of the numbering of the lines or neglect to number,
one theory is as plausible as another. It is granted, however, that the
editions of the First Epistle with "Part I." on the title-page were
earlier printed than those bearing "Epistle I."
The wording of the third title-page is the same as the second, with the
substitution of "Epistle III." for "Epistle II.," but they are
differently set up. In the imprint of Epistle II, "J. Wilford" is in
lower case italics, in Epistle III in small capitals; "Chapter-House" in
Epistle III is in lower case italics, and not in Epistle II.
In the Address to the Reader preceding Epistle II, Pope says, "The
Author has been induced to publish these Epistles separately for two
Reasons; The one, that he might not impose upon the Publick too much
at once of what he thinks incorrect; The other, that by this Method, he
might profit of its Judgement on the Parts, in order to make the Whole
less unworthy of it."
Collation: I. Title with ornament containing two birds, A1 (verso
blank). "To the Reader," beginning "As the Epistolary Way of Writing,"
etc., A2. Text, B1-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.
II. Title with ornament containing a lion rampant, A1 (verso blank). "To
the Reader," A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-E1, in twos. Pages 1-18.
III. Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title with ornament containing an
open book, A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-E2, ending with "N. B. The Rest
of this Work will be published the next Winter." Pages 1-20.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) An Essay on Man. in Epistles to a Friend. Epistle
I. Corrected by the Author. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three
Flower-de-luces, be-hind the Chapter-house, St. Pauls. [Price One
Shilling.] [1734] (II.) An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend.
Epistle II. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three
Flower-de-Luces, behind the Chapter-House, St. Paul's. [Price One
Shilling.] (III.) [Same title as III. in the preceding edition] (IV.) An
Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle IV. London: Printed for
J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces, behind the Chapter-House,
St. Paul's. [Price one Shilling.] _Folio, red levant morocco,
Janseniste, gilt edges, by R. W. Smith._
First edition of Epistle IV. Epistle I, although it contains only five
lines more than in the first edition, i.e., 286, is considerably
altered: e.g., between lines 22 and 23, six lines are inserted in the
present edition; lines 29-34 are here omitted, and 35-42 of the first
are transposed after 60; 95-100 and 111-114 in the first edition are
omitted in the second; 115-116 in the second are new; 149 in the first
is omitted in the second, and 142 in the second is new. These are a few
of the alterations.
In Epistle II the lines are not numbered, except line 175, although the
number is the same as in the first edition.
Epistle III is printed from the same forms of type as the first edition.
Collation: I. Title with ornament containing a face, one leaf (verso
blank). "To the Reader," beginning "The Author was induced to publish
these epistles separately," a1 recto. Contents, a1 verso-a2. Text, one
leaf and B1-D3 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-17.
II. Title with ornament of a basket of fruit and flowers, A1 (verso
blank). "To the Reader," beginning "The Author has been induced to
publish these epistles separately," A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-E1.
Pages 1-18.
III. The same as III of the first edition preceding, except that the
half-title is misbound after the title.
IV. Title with floral ornament, A1 (verso blank). Contents, A2 (verso
blank). Text, B1-F1, in twos. Pages 1-18; 17 misprinted 71. Leaf of
Advertisement, "Lately Published the three former Parts of An Essay on
Man," F2 (verso blank).
POPE, ALEXANDER.--Essais sur la Critique et sur l'Homme. Par M. Pope.
Ouvrages traduits de l'Anglois en Francois. Nouvelle edition. . . . A
Londres: [chez G. Smith] M DCC XXX VII. _4to, old brown morocco, gilt
back, side borders, gilt edges._
POPE, ALEXANDER.--Essai sur l'Homme, par Monsieur Alexandre Pope.
Traduction francoise En Prose, par M^{r}. S * * * *. Nouvelle edition.
Avec l'Original Anglois; ornee de Figures en Taille-douce [portrait of
Pope, engraved by Will in 1745 after Kneller, 1722] A Lausanne, Chez
Marc Chapuis. M DCC LXII. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides,
gilt top, uncut edges, by David._
English text and French prose translation. Four full-page engravings and
eight vignettes by Galimard and Soubeyran after Delamonce, and portrait
of Charles Frederic, Margrave of Baden and Hachberg, engraved by Will
after J. F. Guillibaud.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--An Essay on Man. By Alexander Pope, Esq. A new
edition. To which is prefixed a critical essay, By J. Aikin, M. D.
London: printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, . . . 1796. _Foolscap
8vo, half orange levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
Four plates by Parker, Cromek, and Neagle after Stothard.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle To the Right
Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. [one of Pope's Executors] By Mr. Pope.
London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head
against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1732. Price 1s.
(II.) The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a
Dialogue between Alexander Pope of Twickenham in Com. Midd. Esq; on
the one Part, and his Learned Council on the other. [Line from Horace]
London: Printed by L.[awton] G.[illiver] and sold by A. Dodd, near
Temple-Bar; E. Nutt, at the Royal Exchange; and by the Booksellers of
London and Westminster. M.DCC.XXXIII.
(III.) An Epistle [Of the Knowledge and Character of Men] to the Right
Honourable Richard [Temple] Lord Visc^{t}. Cobham. By Mr. Pope. [Six
lines from Horace, Sat. 10. Lib. 1.] London: Printed for Lawton
Gilliver, at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in
Fleetstreet, 1733. [Price one Shilling.]
(IV.) An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot. [Four lines from
Tully.] London: Printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head
in Fleetstreet, 1734.
(V.) Of the Characters of Women: an Epistle to a Lady. By Mr. Pope.
London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head
against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, M DCCXXXV. (Price One
Shilling.)
(VI.) The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, imitated by Mr.
Pope. Ludentis speciem dabit & torquebitur----London: Printed for R.
Dodsley, at Tully's Head, in Pall-Mall. M. DCC. XXXVII. (Price One
Shilling.) _Folio, six works in one volume, brown levant morocco, gilt
back, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru._
First editions. The Epistle to Lord Cobham, Of the Knowledge and
Character of Men, Of the Characters of Women, and Of the Use of Riches
are the first three of the four Moral Essays written in the form of
Epistles.
In this edition of the Characters of Women, Philomede (Henrietta,
Duchess of Marlborough in her own right), Atossa (her mother the Duchess
Sarah), and Chloe (Lady Suffolk) do not appear. The Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot is the Prologue to the Satires.
The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace is presumably the first of
four issues of the first of two editions printed in 1733, with no
defective type on the title-page, and the catch-word on page 13
misprinted "In" for "Whether." It has been asserted that there were five
editions of this poem in 1733, but an examination of various copies
shows that defective type in the text occurs in the same places in four
out of five instances. This would indicate that the type was actually
reset only once, although variations of signature marks and marginal
signs show that slight typographical changes were made as the sheets
passed through the press. These, however, are not important enough to
constitute new editions. The real test is in the composition of the text
itself. The sheets of the four issues are the same, but on one
title-page the words "Price One Shilling" are added after the date.
It has been asserted that there are three editions of the Second Epistle
of the Second Book of Horace; but, on the same grounds as in the
previous poem, it seems more probable that there were three issues of
one edition, parts of which were possibly reset, as indicated by
occasional corrections of defective type. The present issue is
presumably the first, with the misprint "16" for "15" at the foot of
page 12, an error corrected in the other two issues.
Collation: I. Title with floral ornament, one leaf (verso blank). Text,
B1-F2, in twos, ending with an Erratum of one line. Pages 1-20.
II. Title, A1 (verso blank). Half-title in Latin, A2 recto. Text in
Latin and English, A2 verso-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.
III. Title, one leaf (verso blank). Text, B1-E1 (verso blank), in twos.
Pages 1-13. Leaf of Advertisement, E2 (verso blank).
IV. Title with ornament of flowers and birds, A1 (verso blank).
Advertisement, A2. Text, B1-F2, in twos. Pages 1-20, misprinted 30.
V. Title with ornament of a head, A1 (verso blank). Advertisement, A2
(verso blank). Text, B1-D2, in twos. Pages 1-16.
VI. Title with ornament of a vase of flowers, A1 (verso blank). Text,
A2-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace
imitated. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . and sold by
T. Cooper . . . M DCC XXX VII. (II.) The Sixth Epistle of the First Book
of Horace imitated. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for L. Gilliver . . . M
DCC XXXVII. . . . (III.) The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace,
imitated. [Line from Horace] London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . M.
DCC. XXX VII. . . . (IV.) The Second Epistle of the Second Book of
Horace, 1737. _Folio, four works in one volume, cloth, by The Club
Bindery_.
First editions. No. IV is of the issue with the correct numbering of the
note, 15, at the foot of page 12, and no numeral in the lower right-hand
corner of the page.
Collations: I. Title, one leaf (verso blank). Half-title, B1 recto. Text
(Latin on the verso, English on the recto), B1 verso-F2 (verso blank),
in twos. Pages 1-19; 18-19 misprinted 20-21.
II. Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title, A2 (verso blank). Second
half-title, B1 recto. Text (Latin on the verso, English on the recto),
B1 verso-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-15.
III. Title with large floral ornament containing figures and birds, A1
(verso blank). Advertisement, A2. Text, B1-G2 (verso blank), in twos.
Pages 1-23.
IV. Title with ornament of a vase of flowers, A1 (verso blank). Text,
A2-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Universal Prayer. By the Author of the Essay on
Man. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head, in Pall-mall. M
DCC XXX VIII. (Price Six-Pence.) _Folio, red morocco, uncut edges, by
The Club Bindery_.
First edition. Title and three leaves without signatures.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A
Dialogue Something like Horace. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for T.
Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-row. (Price One Shilling.) [1738]
(II.) One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. Dialogue II. By Mr.
Pope. London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's Head in Pall-mall, M DCC
XXX VIII. (Price One Shilling.) _Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club
Bindery_.
First editions.
Collation: I. Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title with ornament of a
basket of flowers, A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-D1, in twos. Pages 1-10.
"Books lately Printed for T. Cooper," D2 (verso blank).
II. Title with ornament as in I, A1 (verso blank). Text, A2-D2, in twos.
Pages 1-16.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--Verses Upon the Late D----ss of M----. [Duchess of
Marlborough] By Mr. P----. [woodcut] London: Printed for W. Webb, near
St. Paul's, 1746. (Price Sixpence.) _Small folio, red levant morocco, by
The Club Bindery_.
The Announcement on the last page reads: "These Verses are Part of a
Poem, entitled _Characters of Women_. It is generally said, the
D----ss gave Mr. P. 1000 l. to suppress them: He took the Money,
yet the World sees the Verses; but this is not the first
Instance where Mr. P's practical Virtue has fallen very short of
those pompous Professions of it he makes in his Writings."
Collation: [No signatures] Title with woodcut of a winged man with a
scythe and a headless statue, one leaf (verso blank). Text, two leaves,
on the verso of the second, an Announcement. Pages 1-5, last page
unnumbered.
POPE, ALEXANDER, _translator_.--The Odyssey of Homer, translated by A.
Pope London: Printed for F. J. Du Roveray, By T. Bensley . . . 1806.
_Royal 8vo, six volumes in three, red levant morocco, gilt back and
sides, gilt edges, by Bedford_.
Illustrated by the portrait and twenty-four plates by Fittler and others
from the designs of Fuseli, Smirke, Singleton, Burney, Howard, etc.,
each in three states, and in addition eighteen scenes (eight on India
paper) and two portraits of Homer.