Another copy, printed upon large paper.
Collation: The same as the preceding copy, excepting that it contains no preliminary half-title.
POPE, Alexander.—The Dunciad. With Notes variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. The Second Edition, with ſome Additional Notes. London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head, againſt St. Dunſtan's Church, Fleetſtreet, 1729. 8vo, brown straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
"K" of Thoms's list.
This edition has many additional Notes and Epigrams, and seven pages (four leaves) of Errata instead of two. It also contains the cancelled leaf P3, with the preceding edition through Gg4, excepting that there is no engraving of the Owl between H1 and H2, and pages 222-232 are numbered in Arabic instead of Roman numerals. After page 232 are three leaves of Errata, A1-A3, pages 1-6, and a fourth leaf, A4, containing eight additional lines of Errata.
Collation: Ass frontispiece, No. 1, A1 (recto blank). Title printed in red and black, A2 (verso blank). From this point on, the collation agrees with eight lines of verse (159-166) on page 110 instead of twelve; on page 109 the Remarks consist of ten lines signed "Scriblerus," which with the next two lines were cancelled in later editions.
POPE, Alexander.—The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. Written in the Year, 1727. London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver in Fleetſtreet. [1733] Small 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
"L" of Thoms's list.
The Declaration by the Author, pages 125-126, was declared before John Barber, Mayor, January 3, 1732, and in the List of Books in which the Author was abused, the last two on page 243 are dated 1733, which makes the year of printing not earlier than 1733.
Owl frontispiece, variety No. 3.