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POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). The Works. Edited by Joseph Warton (1722-1800). London: B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797. 9 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait -- HOMER. The Iliad. Translated by Pope. London: H. Baldwin for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson [and others], 1796. 6 volumes -- HOMER. The Odyssey. Translated by Pope. London: Bye and Law for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson [and others], 1796. 5 volumes -- [WARTON, Joseph]. Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. London: M. Cooper (vol. I) and J. Dodsley (vol. II), 1782. 2 volumes -- POPE. A Supplementary Volume to the Works. London: J. Johnson [and others], 1807. Together 23 volumes, 8° (221 x 134mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with about 200 engraved plates. (Some spotting.) Uniformly bound in 19th-century green morocco, family crest gilt-stamped on covers with motto 'Deus alit me' and monogram 'F.W.,' spine gilt-lettered in four of the six panels, gilt edges (lightly rubbed).
Jonathan SWIFT (1667-1745). The Works. Edited by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and London: Hurst, Robinson, 1824. 19 volumes, 8° (219 x 130mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait. Half-title in each volume. (Some light marginal spotting.) Brown half calf by Morrell (lightly rubbed, spine of vol. XVIII bumped at head); together with sets of Pope's Correspondence, edited by George Sherburn, Oxford: 1956, 5 volumes, 8°, red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe; and Horace Wapole's Letters, edited by Peter Cunningham, extra-illustrated, 1857-59, 9 volumes, 8°, later brown morocco. (74)
Jonathan SWIFT (1667-1745). The Works. Edited by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and London: Hurst, Robinson, 1824. 19 volumes, 8° (219 x 130mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait. Half-title in each volume. (Some light marginal spotting.) Brown half calf by Morrell (lightly rubbed, spine of vol. XVIII bumped at head); together with sets of Pope's Correspondence, edited by George Sherburn, Oxford: 1956, 5 volumes, 8°, red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe; and Horace Wapole's Letters, edited by Peter Cunningham, extra-illustrated, 1857-59, 9 volumes, 8°, later brown morocco. (74)
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This lot also contains a set of Dryden's Works, Edinburgh: 1821, in 18 volumes. The total number of volumes is 74 (not 56 as catalogued).