POPE, Alexander. Of the Characters of Women. An Epistle to a Lady, London, by J. Wright, for Lawton Gulliver ... in Fleetstreet, 1735, 2°, FIRST EDITION with half title and final advertisement leaf headed "Speedily will be published" (fold mark to half title and verso of final leaf), modern boards. [Griffith 361 (variant b); Foxon P917; Rothschild 1625]

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POPE, Alexander. Of the Characters of Women. An Epistle to a Lady, London, by J. Wright, for Lawton Gulliver ... in Fleetstreet, 1735, 2°, FIRST EDITION with half title and final advertisement leaf headed "Speedily will be published" (fold mark to half title and verso of final leaf), modern boards. [Griffith 361 (variant b); Foxon P917; Rothschild 1625]

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"The lady was Martha Blount ('Patsy', 1690-1763), a Catholic and almost certainly Pope's mistress, to whom his devotion remained unbroken" (Butt).

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