POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). The Rape of the Lock. An Heroi-Comical Poem. In five canto's. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714. 8° (182 x 106mm). Title in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates by C. Du Bosc after L. Du Guernier. (A little spotting and browning.) Contemporary panelled calf (recently rebacked, endpapers renewed).

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POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). The Rape of the Lock. An Heroi-Comical Poem. In five canto's. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714. 8° (182 x 106mm). Title in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates by C. Du Bosc after L. Du Guernier. (A little spotting and browning.) Contemporary panelled calf (recently rebacked, endpapers renewed).

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. A two-canto version had appeared in Miscellaneous Poems, published by Lintott in 1712. But this is the first appearance of the poem in its full form and as a separate piece. Griffith 29; Rothschild 1570.

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