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POPE, Alexander. An Essay on Man... Epistle I. London: J. Wilford, [1733]. 2o (285 x 199 mm). FIRST EDITION, issue A (according to Griffith). Foxon P822; Griffith 294; Rothschild 1613. -- An Essay on Man... Epistle I. Corrected by the Author. London: J. Wilford, [1733]. 2o (334 x 200 mm). Third edition. Foxon P827; Griffith 307; Rothschild 1615. -- An Essay on Man... Epistle II. London: J. Wilford, [1733]. 2o (334 x 203 mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION. Foxon P833; Griffith 300; Rothschild 1613. -- An Essay on Man... Epistle III. London: J. Wilford, [1733]. 2o (334 x 200 mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION. Foxon P840; Griffith 308; Rothschild 1613. -- An Essay on Man... Epistle IV. London: J. Wilford, [1733]. 2o (334 x 201 mm). (Small internal tear crossing text on final leaf.) FIRST EDITION. Foxon P845; Griffith 331; Rothschild 1613.
Together 5 works in one volume, 2o. Nineteenth-century plum half morocco, marbled boards. Provenance: E.M. Cox (bookplate).
FIRST EDITIONS, as descibed above. The four epistles of the Essay on Man were published successively on 20 February, 29 March, 8 May 1733 and 24 January 1734. the first editions of the first three epistles appear in variant states, the priority of which is not always clear, but none of which are of textual significance.
Together 5 works in one volume, 2o. Nineteenth-century plum half morocco, marbled boards. Provenance: E.M. Cox (bookplate).
FIRST EDITIONS, as descibed above. The four epistles of the Essay on Man were published successively on 20 February, 29 March, 8 May 1733 and 24 January 1734. the first editions of the first three epistles appear in variant states, the priority of which is not always clear, but none of which are of textual significance.