POPE, Alexander.—The Rape of the Lock, an Heroi-Comical Poem, by A. Pope. Adorned with plates. London: Printed by C. Bensley; for F. J. DuRoveray . . . 1798. Royal 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
Large paper copy. In addition to the plates by Bartolozzi, fourteen others have been inserted, including an India proof portrait of Pope, engraved by C. Warren, and other proof illustrations, some in two states.
Collation: Half-title, a1 (verso blank). Title, a2 (verso blank). Advertisement, a3-a8. Poem by T. Parnell to Pope, b1-b4 (verso blank). Dedication to Mrs. Arabella Fermor, b5-b7 (verso blank). Pages i-xxix. Text, B1-E8, in eights, B1, B7, C5, D4, and E3 being half-titles, with versos blank. "Notes, Variations, and Imitations," F1 (verso blank)-F8 (verso blank). Pages 1-79.
POPE, Alexander.—The Rape of the Lock an heroi-comical poem in five cantos written by Alexander Pope embroidered with nine drawings [on Japan paper] by Aubrey Beardsley . . . London Leonard Smithers [Chiswick Press] . . . M DCCC XC VI. 4to, decorated cloth, uncut edges.
POPE, Alexander.—The Iliad of Homer. Tranſlated by Mr. Pope. [Four lines from Lucretius] London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, 1715 [-1720.] Folio, six volumes, pigskin, gilt and blind-tooled back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy of the original subscription edition. Bust portrait by Vertue, map of Greece and Phrygia by John Senex, plan of Troy and environs by L. Harris, and vignettes preceding each book.
Volume II is dated 1716; III, 1717; IV, 1718, V and VI, 1720.
POPE, Alexander, translator.—The Iliad of Homer, translated by A. Pope. London: Printed for F. J. DuRoveray, By T. Bensley . . . 1805. Royal 8vo, six volumes in three, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford.
Largest paper copy. Illustrated by the portrait and twenty-four plates (each in three states) by Schiavonetti, Heath, Isaac Taylor, etc., after Stothard, Westall, Singleton, etc., and in addition two portraits, twenty-six plates, proofs before the letters, after Marillier, twenty-six other scenes to the Iliad (six on India paper), Bartolozzi's engraving of Jupiter, and the Parting of Hector and Andromache, coloured like a miniature.
POPE, Alexander.—The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope. [Four lines from Cicero pro Arch. and a large floral woodcut] London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates. 1717. Small folio, brown levant morocco, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.