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Lot 160

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
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[Literature] Pope, Alexander: Group of 5 Works

1. (Pope, Alexander)
The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated
London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1737. Two works in one volume (with: The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope). First edition. Folio. iv, 23, (1); 19 pp. Modern quarter brown calf over paste paper-covered boards, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed.

2. [Pope, Alexander]
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope…
London: C. Cooke, (1795). In three volumes. From the Cooke's Pocket Edition of…Select British Poets series. 16mo. Full contemporary crimson morocco, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; ownership signature to front free endpaper.

3. [Pope, Alexander]
Letters of the Late Alexander Pope, Esq. to a Lady…
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1769. First edition. 8vo. 87 pp. Full crimson morocco, green morocco spine label, elaborately stamped in gilt; red speckled edges; marbled endpapers; manuscript ownership history on second front blank.

4. [Pope, Alexander]
The Iliad of Homer and The Odyssey of Homer
London: Printed by W. Wilson, for J. Bumpus, Holborn Bars, et al., 1820. In four volumes. 24mo. Full contemporary straight grain crimson morocco, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt. 

5. Pope, Alexander
The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems
London: Printed for John Sharpe, 1829. 16mo. 24, 190, 208 pp. Full contemporary straight grain crimson morocco, stamped in gilt; scattered marginalia; all edges gilt; by Heyday.

Condition varies, generally near-fine. Sold with all faults. 

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