POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). The Works. London: by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot [volume II: by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver], 1717-35. - Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope And Several of his Friends. London: J. Wright for J. Knapton et al, 1737.
Together 3 volumes, 2o (280 x 222 mm). Half titles, folding engraved portrait frontispiece of Pope by G. Vertue (short tear), woodcut vignette on title, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved headpieces and initials. (Some occasional pale spotting or browning, a few short tears.) Uniformly bound in 18th-century paneled calf gilt (joints cracked, worn). Provenance: Powell Snell (bookplate).
FIRST FOLIO EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, before the insertion of Tonson's name to the imprint. 10 pieces are printed here for the first time. Griffith 79, 372 and 454; Rothschild 1585 (vol. I only). (3)
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). The Works. London: by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot [volume II: by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver], 1717-35. - Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope And Several of his Friends. London: J. Wright for J. Knapton et al, 1737.
Together 3 volumes, 2o (280 x 222 mm). Half titles, folding engraved portrait frontispiece of Pope by G. Vertue (short tear), woodcut vignette on title, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved headpieces and initials. (Some occasional pale spotting or browning, a few short tears.) Uniformly bound in 18th-century paneled calf gilt (joints cracked, worn). Provenance: Powell Snell (bookplate).
FIRST FOLIO EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, before the insertion of Tonson's name to the imprint. 10 pieces are printed here for the first time. Griffith 79, 372 and 454; Rothschild 1585 (vol. I only). (3)
