The Works of Alexander Pope.

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A handsome, finely-bound set of the collected works of Alexander Pope. An extensive collection of Alexander Pope's work, spanning his entire career, including unpublished letters and correspondences, as well as Pope's early translations of Chaucer and Ovid from his teenage years. In addition to this, volume III features a facsimile of two pages of the Essay on Man, Book IV, prepared for the quarto edition of Pope's works 1735, with M.S. alterations by Pope, including a character of Marlborough 'hitherto unpublished'. 10 vols; 8vo (15 x 22 cm); blue ribbon bookmark in each volume, finely bound in blue straight grained Morrocco for Hatchards in Piccadilly, gilded edges, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, dentelle borders and endpapers in gilt, some minor signs of wear on boards; a very handsome set; [cxlvii], 368pp, 524pp, [xii], 539pp, 513pp, 538pp, [lviii], 448, [xxix], 491, [xxxi] 524pp, [xxx], 555pp, 561pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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