Fine Books & Manuscripts

POPE, Alexander (1688–1744). An Essay on Man… London: printed by John Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1734. 4to. Title printed in red and black with engraved vignette (lightly foxed), engraved initial, engraved head– and tail–pieces by Fourdrinier after Kent (lacks half–title). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of the four epistles as a single poem. Full contemporary English calf ruled in gilt, 5 raised bands, red morocco lettering–piece gilt, gilt fillets in compartments (spine darkened, joints a bit tired, some mild foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves). Foxom P852; Griffith 336. –– [BOUND WITH:] The Dunciad, Variorum… London: printed for A. Dod, 1729. 3 books in one, with an appendix and index. Engraved title with vignette of an ass laden with books. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of the first three books of the Dunciad and the version most often sited and read. Foxom P771; Griffith 211; Wise, p 48. –– [ALSO:] The Dunciad: Book the Fourth. London: for T. Cooper, 1742. Considered the “second edition” which was just a re–issue of the sheets of the second quarto issue but is the first edition to include the critical apparatus satirizing editorial methods. Griffith 556. –– [ALSO:] CAMBRIDGE, Richard Owens (1717–1802). The Scribleriad: An Heroic Poem. London: for R. Dodsley, 1751. 6 books in one. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, 6 engraved plates. FIRST EDITION of Cambridge’s satirical poem which was intended as a sequel to Pope’s Martin Scriblerus. ESTC T47211. –– Together, 4 works bound into one.