[POPE, Alexander.] Miscellaneous Poems and Translations, by several hands, London, for Bernard Lintot, 1712, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece by E. Kirkall, half title and 4ll. publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary panelled calf (upper cover detached, spine rubbed). [Case 260 I, (a); Griffith 6; Rothschild 1565; Macdonald Dryden 59]

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[POPE, Alexander.] Miscellaneous Poems and Translations, by several hands, London, for Bernard Lintot, 1712, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece by E. Kirkall, half title and 4ll. publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary panelled calf (upper cover detached, spine rubbed). [Case 260 I, (a); Griffith 6; Rothschild 1565; Macdonald Dryden 59]

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This collection contains the first appearance of "The Rape of the Lock" in its original 2-canto form, seven further poems by Pope, and contributions by Dryden, Broome, Fenton and Prior.

Provenance: William Douglas of Capers, Edin[burgh] 1716 (inscription on back pastedown).

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